Waldo Tobler's (November 16, 1930 – February 20, 2018) publications span between 1957 and 2017, with his most productive year being 1973.

[1] Despite retirement in 1994, he continued to be involved with research for the remainder of his life.

[3][5][6][7] His work covered a wide range of topics, with many of his papers considered to be "cartographic classics", that serve as required reading for both graduate and undergraduate students.

[4][3] The Library of Congress maintains some of Tobler's early work in "The Waldo Tobler Collection," and the UC Santa Barbra Library maintains a collection of his material donated by his widow in "The Waldo Tobler Academic Archives.

"[8][9] During his life, there were several book chapters dedicated to discussing him, and an entry in the twentieth-century volume of the History of Cartography.