First Steps in the Use of a Game Engine for Historical Roads and Paths Research

Identification of historical trackways in forests using contextual geospatial analyses

“…The LCP is guaranteed to be the cheapest route relative to the cost units defined by the original cost raster entering the weighted distance function. The simplest LCP model uses the parameter of slope for the calculation (Vletter, 2019). Should the slope parameters be derived from a high‐resolution DEM with high accuracy, a precise LCP model is expected (Lewis, 2021).…”

“…In addition to physical mapping of trackways in the field, potential trackways can be computed with geographic information systems (GIS). The least cost path (LCP) algorithm is a commonly used method (Herzog, 2014; Lewis, 2021; Vletter, 2019; Vletter & van Lanen, 2018). Tracks computed with the LCP algorithm in a digital model predict the most efficient connections between start points and endpoints.…”

“…The simplest LCP model uses the parameter of slope for the calculation (Vletter, 2019). Should the slope parameters be derived from a high-resolution DEM with high accuracy, a precise LCP model is expected (Lewis, 2021).…”