What does the 'PATHCOST' field mean in the attribute table of the cost path tool output? How is it calculated? Thanks.
Hi Joseph,
The PATHCOST field holds the actual cost to travel to each destination. Each cell that belongs to a path will hold the value of the cost distance raster at the destination. In case a path is shared by more than one destination, the value will be 0.
The cost assigned to each cell represents the cost per unit distance for moving through the cell. The final value per cell is the cell size multiplied by the cost value. For example, if the cost raster has a cell size of 30, and a particular cell has a cost value of 10, the final cost of that cell is 300 units.
