Talk:Tobler's first law of geography

probably Waldo R. Tobler has read geostatistics book this law come from geostatistic —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.89.2.194 (talk) 15:23, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Do we really need a law for the statement, that "Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things"? When I heard the first time about this, I thought "It must be hard to state something more obvious than this". I think Tobler's first law is a truism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.30.4.138 (talk) 15:20, 4 February 2011 (UTC)


 * I guess this so-called "law" is too general and non-falsifiable to be useful. 79.139.206.248 (talk) 21:32, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Elaborating on the first law of geography
The first law of geography is one of the most fundamental concepts in geography today. It is perhaps the most significant outcome of the quantitative revolution. This article should be heavily elaborated on to reflect that. The law relates directly to the concept of distance decay and spatial autocorrelation. Fundamentally, it is the first assumption we must make when conducting spatial analysis. I suggest that a section detailing different studies that have referenced the first law might be a good place to start building the foundation and literature behind it. Elaboration on statistics that test it, such as Moran's I and Getis Ord Gi* would also be good. I'll be working on this as a project, but would appreciate help from anyone that wants to jump in. GeogSage ( ⚔Chat?⚔ ) 07:18, 20 February 2023 (UTC)