whitebox (version 2.4.0)

wbt_cost_distance: Cost distance

Description

Performs cost-distance accumulation on a cost surface and a group of source cells.

Usage

wbt_cost_distance(
  source,
  cost,
  out_accum,
  out_backlink,
  wd = NULL,
  verbose_mode = NULL,
  compress_rasters = NULL,
  command_only = FALSE
)

Value

Returns the tool text outputs.

Arguments

source

Input source raster file.

cost

Input cost (friction) raster file.

out_accum

Output cost accumulation raster file.

out_backlink

Output backlink raster file.

wd

Changes the working directory. Default: NULL will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see wbt_wd() for details.

verbose_mode

Sets verbose mode. If verbose mode is FALSE, tools will not print output messages. Default: NULL will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see wbt_verbose() for details.

compress_rasters

Sets the flag used by 'WhiteboxTools' to determine whether to use compression for output rasters. Default: NULL will use the value in WhiteboxTools settings, see wbt_compress_rasters() for details.

command_only

Return command that would be executed by system() rather than running tool. Default: FALSE.