How cost distance tools work—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation
Understanding cost distance analysis—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation
"cost" would be the energy expenditure to traverse 100m under certain conditions, like those imposed by slopes of a certain angle
Hi Dan:
Thanks for providing some good starting points for Iamos. It looks like we haven't updated those links to refer to our modern distance toolset. I'll look into that.
Iamos:
Here are some links which introduce the use of newer tools esri recommends for weighted distance analysis in recent versions of arcgis pro.
Regards,
Jim TenBrink
spatial analyst team
https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/spatial-analyst/distance-analysis.htm
https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/spatial-analyst/analytics/distance-analysis-simplified/