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cost surface  

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  • 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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