leastcostpath from version 2.0.0 onwards is built without dependency on the R package gdistance and instead relies on sf and terra.
Since 2.0.8 leastcostpath can use both projected and geographic coordinate systems
Functions currently in development:
Functions recently added:
#install.packages("devtools")
library(devtools)
install_github("josephlewis/leastcostpath")
library(leastcostpath)Please submit issues and enhancement requests via github Issues * If submitting an issue, please clearly describe the issue, including steps to reproduce when it is a bug, or a justification for the proposed enhancement request
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Martin, S. A., Peterman, W. E., Lipps, G. J., & Gibbs, H. L. (2023). Inferring population connectivity in eastern massasauga rattlesnakes (Sistrurus catenatus) using landscape genetics. Ecological Applications, 33(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2793
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Barnett, T., J. Valdez-Tullett and L.M. Bjerketvedt 2022. Close encounters: visibility and accessibility of Atlantic rock art in Scotland. Abstractions Based on Circles: Papers on prehistoric rock art presented to Stan Beckensall on his 90th birthday, 63
Fjellström, M., Seitsonen, O., Wallén, H., 2022. Mobility in Early Reindeer Herding, in: Salmi, A.-K. (Ed.), Domestication in Action, Arctic Encounters. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 187–212. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98643-8_7
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Lewis, J., 2021. Probabilistic Modelling for Incorporating Uncertainty in Least Cost Path Results: a Postdictive Roman Road Case Study. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-021-09522-w
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See NEWS.md for a summary of Version updates
Please cite as:
Lewis, J. (2023) leastcostpath: Modelling Pathways and Movement Potential Within a Landscape (version 2.0.12).
Available at: https://github.com/josephlewis/leastcostpath