Waldo R. Tobler

In 1975 he made me realise in a one-hour speech, which he gave at the university of Vienna, that everything I had studied in cartography so far was outdated. Maps will be made by computer in the future .... It changed my directions.

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We just heard about the death of Waldo.
Our deepest brazilian condolences to the family for that great loss.(Prof.Tobler once again my thanks for your orientation in Michigan,for your excellent lectures and the wonderfull contribuitions to geography and world science - in the peace of Lord.

I am a retired mathematics professor from Tufts University, about the same age that Professor Tobler was. I want to tell you about a recent contact I had with him. I have an amateur interest in map projections. In late January, I emailed Professor Tobler about one of his papers. His reply mentioned map projection software so I wrote back on January 31 and mentioned that I had none. The very next day he sent me some such software. I was able to use it to put the outlines of the...