Concept information
Preferred term
cost surface
Definition
- A cost surface can be thought of as a map of the costs of movement from one location to one or more destinations. Cost surfaces are usually generated as the first step in computing least-cost paths between locations. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science; Cost Surface]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/cost_surface
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