[2] His early work was highly influential in computer cartography and is regarded as a significant contributor to the quantitative revolution in geography.
[3] His work on constructing a "Model Curricula" in GIScience is listed as the starting foundation built upon by the Geographic Information Science and Technology Body of Knowledge.
Marble was a member of a group of Garrison's students dubbed the "Space cadets," which included geographers such as Brian Berry, William Bunge, Michael Dacey, Arthur Getis, and Waldo Tobler.
They have authored, or served as an volume editor, for numerous books including: In 1991, Marble began work compiling a master bibliography for GIS related scholarly material.
[1][9] This fund exists to promote exposure to computer science concepts in geography undergraduate and graduate students through awards for GIScience research, each named for prominent quantitative geographers, including Marble's PhD advisor William Garrison.