Calculation of Slope-Dependant Accumulated Cost Surface, Least-Cost Paths, Least-Cost Corridors, Least-Cost Networks Related to Human Movement Across the Landscape


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Documentation for package ‘movecost’ version 2.1

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destin.loc Dataset: locations on the volcano Maunga Whau (Auckland, New Zealand)
Etna_boundary Dataset: bounding polygon representing a study area on Mount Etna (Sicily, Italy)
Etna_end_location Dataset: locations on Mount Etna (Sicily, Italy)
Etna_start_location Dataset: location on Mount Etna (Sicily, Italy)
malta_dtm_40 Dataset: Malta DTM (40m cell size)
movealloc R function for calculating slope-dependant walking-cost allocation to origins
movebound R function for calculating slope-dependant walking cost boundary(ies) around point location(s)
movecomp R function for comparing least-cost paths generated using different cost functions
movecorr R function for calculating least-cost corridor between point locations
movecost R function for calculating accumulated anisotropic slope-dependant cost of movement across the terrain and least-cost paths from a point origin
movenetw R function for calculating least-cost path network
moverank R function for calculating sub-optimal least-cost paths bewteen an origin and a destination location
springs Dataset: location of springs in Malta
volc Dataset: raster dataset representing the elevation of the volcano Maunga Whau (Auckland, New Zealand)
volc.loc Dataset: location on the volcano Maunga Whau (Auckland, New Zealand)