Tool Name	Least Cost Paths
Tool ID	5
Library ID	grid_analysis
Version	1.0
Author(s)	O. Conrad, V. Olaya, V. Wichmann (c) 2004-2010

Description

This tool allows one to compute least cost path profile(s). It takes an accumulated cost surface grid and a point shapefile as input. Each point in the shapefile represents a source for which the least cost path is calculated.
In case the point shapefile has more than one source point defined, a separate least cost path is calculated for each point. The tool outputs a point and a line shapefile for each least cost path.
The tool allows for optional input grids. The cell values of these grids along the least cost path are written to the outputs as additional table fields.

Parameters

Name	Type	Identifier	Description
Input
Source Point(s)	shapes, input	SOURCE	Point shapefile with source point(s)
Accumulated Cost Surface	grid, input	DEM
Values	grid list, input, optional	VALUES	Allows writing cell values from additional grids to the output
Output
Profile Points	shapes list, output	POINTS	Least cost path profile points
Profile Lines	shapes list, output	LINE	Least cost path profile lines