topic matrix of distance between points with ecological barriers and other parameters in ArcGIS Spatial Analyst Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/matrix-of-distance-between-points-with-ecological/m-p/631026#M9169 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Dear all,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm trying for several days now to do something on ArcGIS that seems very very simple in theory but I do not succeed.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>here is my problem:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I have a shape file with points representing the location of animals. I want to have a matrix of distance between all my points. However, I also don't want to have an simple euclidean distance, I need this distance to be weighted according to ecological parameters. For instance, the animals will be less likely to climb mountains, will not cross rivers etc... With these parameters, I have make a "cost raster".</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I would therefore need to have a distance matrix between all points that takes into account the landscape and this costs raster that I have made.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>So far I have tried the "distance between points", but there is no cost raster that can be used. OD would be interesting but I do not need any network as my animal can go where they want, etc... </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I hope I am clear enough!</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thanks a lot for anyone that can help</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Cecile</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:21:33 GMT cecileneel 2013-04-11T08:21:33Z matrix of distance between points with ecological barriers and other parameters https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/matrix-of-distance-between-points-with-ecological/m-p/631026#M9169 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Dear all,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm trying for several days now to do something on ArcGIS that seems very very simple in theory but I do not succeed.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>here is my problem:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I have a shape file with points representing the location of animals. I want to have a matrix of distance between all my points. However, I also don't want to have an simple euclidean distance, I need this distance to be weighted according to ecological parameters. For instance, the animals will be less likely to climb mountains, will not cross rivers etc... With these parameters, I have make a "cost raster".</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I would therefore need to have a distance matrix between all points that takes into account the landscape and this costs raster that I have made.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>So far I have tried the "distance between points", but there is no cost raster that can be used. OD would be interesting but I do not need any network as my animal can go where they want, etc... </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I hope I am clear enough!</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thanks a lot for anyone that can help</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Cecile</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:21:33 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/matrix-of-distance-between-points-with-ecological/m-p/631026#M9169 cecileneel 2013-04-11T08:21:33Z