Honors
- Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States;
- Honorary Fellow, American Geographical Society;
- Osborn Maitland Miller Medal, American Geographical Society 1989;
- Meritorious Contributor Medallion, Association of American Geographers, 1971;
- Andrew McNally Award, 1986;
- ESRI Lifetime Achievement Award, 1999.
- AAG Microcomputer Specialty Award, 1993.
- Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi
Tobler served on the National Research Council the Board on Earth Sciences. He has been on the editorial board of several journals, including The American Cartographer, Journal of Regional Science, Geographical Analysis, and the International Journal of Geographical Information Systems. He was a charter member of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, a council member of the Regional Science Association, member and chairman of the Mathematical Social Science Board, and served as the United States delegate to the International Geographical Union Commission on Geographical Data Processing and Sensing. Until his retirement, he was a member of the Royal Geographical Society of Great Britain.
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