沃爾多·託布勒嘅地理學第一定律講嘅係「所有嘢都同第啲嘢有關係，但係近嘅嘢嘅關係大過遠嘅嘢」。呢個第一定律係空間相關性同空間自相關性呢啲基本概念嘅基礎，特別係應用喺空間插值中嘅反距離加權方法，並且支撐咗克里格法嘅區域化變量理論。佢係大衛休謨鄰近原則嘅現代表述。
Waldo · Tobler's first law of geography says that "everything is related to something else, but what is near is more related than what is far away." This first law underpins the basic concepts of spatial correlation and spatial autocorrelation, especially the inverse distance weighting method applied to spatial interpolation, and underpins the regionalized variable theory of the Kriging method. He is the modern expression of David's principle of solidarity.