---
name: "topic_cost_surface"
section: "1grass"
platform: "linux"
package: "grass-doc"
version: "8.4.1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/topic_cost_surface"
---

# topic\_cost\_surface(1grass)

## Topic: cost surface

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| r.cost |  | Creates a raster map showing the cumulative cost of moving between different geographic locations on an input raster map whose cell category values represent cost. |
| r.walk |  | Creates a raster map showing the anisotropic cumulative cost of moving between different geographic locations on an input raster map whose cell category values represent cost. |

*See also the corresponding keyword cost surface for additional references.*

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