[SoC] Powers application (SoC site timing out...)
Tim Keitt
tkeitt at gmail.com
Mon Mar 26 13:01:57 EDT 2007
Wolf,
Just seeking clarification.
I think the way to go about this is to have r.cost return a
predecessor tree (can be stored as a simple vector). From the
predecessor tree, one can trace back to the root the least cost path
to any cell in the landscape. That is the approach I am familiar with.
THK
On 3/26/07, Wolf Bergenheim <wolf+grass at bergenheim.net> wrote:
> It is highest because two people have given it +2 (plus I'm offering to
> mentor it). And it does add something new, since r.cost + r.drain
> produces something which works for water. Water doesn't know that if I
> go over this little hill it's all down hill from there, but instead it
> goes around the whole hill. What is proposed by Bobby is a version that
> can calculate the global least cost. That is it can go over local
> minimums to achieve a global maximum, kind of like going over a small
> hill to get to the all downhill. example above.
>
> However if you still feel that it is rubbish you should probably vote
> -2, or something for it.
>
> --Wolf
>
> On 26.03.2007 17:32, Tim Keitt wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I tried to add a comment to the SoC site, but it is timing out.
> >
> > I was curious about the Bobby Powers least-cost path application. It
> > is currently the highest rated. From the description, it does not seem
> > to add anything new. Can't this already be done with r.cost and
> > r.drain? (I may have missed the point however -- I've not used GRASS
> > in a long time.)
> >
> > THK
> >
>
> --
>
> <:3 )---- Wolf Bergenheim ----( 8:>
>
>
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