@inproceedings{0ff459413a154b5d92e4027b839dba09,
title = "Terabytes of tobler: Evaluating the first law in a massive, domain-neutral representation of world knowledge",
abstract = "The First Law of Geography states, {"}everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things.{"} Despite the fact that it is to a large degree what makes {"}spatial special,{"} the law has never been empirically evaluated on a large, domain-neutral representation of world knowledge. We address the gap in the literature about this critical idea by statistically examining the multitude of entities and relations between entities present across 22 different language editions of Wikipedia. We find that, at least according to the myriad authors of Wikipedia, the First Law is true to an overwhelming extent regardless of language-defined cultural domain.",
keywords = "First Law of Geography, Spatial Autocorrelation, Spatial Dependence, Tobler's Law, Wikipedia",
author = "Brent Hecht and Emily Moxley",
year = "2009",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-642-03832-7_6",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "364203831X",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
pages = "88--105",
booktitle = "Spatial Information Theory - 9th International Conference, COSIT 2009, Proceedings",
note = "9th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory, COSIT 2009 ; Conference date: 21-09-2009 Through 25-09-2009",
}