Cost Path As Polyline

URL:
https://<root>/<serviceName>/RasterAnalysisTools/GPServer/CostPathAsPolyline
Methods:
GET
Version Introduced:
10.7.1

Description

Cost Path As Polyline diagram

The CostPathAsPolyline task calculates the least-cost path from a source to a destination.

Example applications include the following:

  • Finding the least-cost route for a new road
  • Routing drones around restricted air space
  • Finding the downstream trace from a location

Request parameters

ParameterDetails

inputDestinationRasterOrFeatures

(Required)

A raster or feature dataset that identifies those cells from which the least-cost path is determined to the least costly source.

If the input is an image service, it must consist of cells that have valid values (zero is a valid value) for the destinations, and the remaining cells must be assigned NoData.

Syntax: This parameter can have either a raster input or a feature input. For raster input, this parameter can be specified as a portal item ID, a URL to a raster image service layer, a cloud raster dataset, or a shared raster dataset. For feature input, this parameter can be specified as either a URL to a feature service layer or a feature collection.

Raster input examples:

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//Portal item as input raster
"inputDestinationRasterOrFeatures":{"itemId": <portal item Id>}

//URL as input raster
"inputDestinationRasterOrFeatures":{"url": <image service layer url>}

Feature input examples:

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//Feature layer URL
"inputDestinationRasterOrFeatures":{"url": <feature service layer url>}

//Feature collection
"inputDestinationRasterOrFeatures":{"layerDefinition": {}, "featureSet": {}}

inputCostDistanceRaster

(Required)

The cost distance raster is used to determine the least-cost path from the sources to the destinations when you use a cost backlink raster for the direction input.

The Euclidean distance raster is used to determine the path from the sources to the destinations when you use a Euclidean back direction raster for the direction input.

Syntax: This parameter can be specified as a portal item ID, a URL to a raster image service layer, a cloud raster dataset, or a shared raster dataset.

Examples:

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//Portal item as input raster
"inputCostDistanceRaster":{"itemId": <portal item id>}

//URL as input raster
"inputCostDistanceRaster":{"url": <image service layer url>}

inputCostBacklinkRaster

(Required)

The cost backlink raster is used to determine the path to return to a source via the least-cost path or the shortest path.

For each cell in the backlink, back direction, or flow direction raster, a value identifies the neighbor that is the next cell on the path from the cell to a source cell.

Syntax: This parameter can be specified as a portal item ID, a URL to a raster image service layer, a cloud raster dataset, or a shared raster dataset.

Raster input examples:

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//Portal item as input raster
"inputCostBacklinkRaster":{"itemId": <portal item id>}

//URL as input raster
"inputCostBacklinkRaster":{"url": <image service layer url>}

outputPolylineName

(Required)

The task will create a feature service of the results. You can define the name of the service.

Output feature service examples:

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//REST web example
myOutput

//REST scripting example
"outputPolylineName" : "myOutput1"

pathType

A string describing the path type, which can be either BEST_SINGLE , EACH_CELL , or EACH_ZONE .

  • BEST_SINGLE : For all cells on the input destination data, the least-cost path is derived from the cell with the minimum of the least-cost paths to source cells. This is the default.
  • EACH_CELL : For each cell with valid values on the input destination data, a least-cost path is determined and saved on the output raster. With this option, each cell of the input destination data is treated separately, and a least-cost path is determined for each cell.
  • EACH_ZONE : For each zone on the input destination data, a least-cost path is determined and saved on the output raster. With this option, the least-cost path for each zone begins at the cell with the lowest cost distance weighting in the zone.

Example:

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"pathType": "EACH_ZONE"

destinationField

The field used to obtain values for the destination locations.

The input feature service must contain at least one valid integer field.

Example:

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"destinationField": destinationValue

context

Contains additional settings that affect task execution.

f

The response format. The default response format is html .

Values: html | json | pjson

Response

When you submit a request, the task assigns a unique job ID for the transaction.

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{
  "jobId": "<unique job identifier>",
  "jobStatus": "<job status>"
}

After the initial request is submitted, you can use the jobId to periodically check the status of the job and messages as described in Checking job status. Once the job has successfully completed, you use the jobId to retrieve the results. To track the status, you can make a request of the following form:

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https://<raster analysis tools url>/CostPathAsPolyline/jobs/<jobId>

When the status of the job request is esriJobSucceeded , you can access the results of the analysis by making a request of the following form:

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https://<raster analysis tools url>/CostPathsAsPolyline/jobs/<jobId>/results/outputPolylineFeatures

Example usage

Below is a sample request URL for CostPathAsPolyline .

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https://services.myserver.com/arcgis/rest/services/System/RasterAnalysisTools/GPServer/CostPathAsPolyline/submitJob

JSON response example

The response returns the outputPolylineFeatures output parameter, which has properties for parameter name, data type, and value. The content of value depends on the outputPolylineName parameter being provided in the initial request. If outputPolylineName was provided, value contains the URL for the feature service layer. If outputPolylineName was not provided, value contains a feature collection.

outputPolylineName is provided in request:

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{
  "paramName": "outputPolylineFeatures",
  "dataType": "GPString",
  "value": {"url":"<hosted feature service layer url>"}
}

outputPolylineName is not provided in request:

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{
  "paramName":"outputPolylineFeatures",
  "dataType":"GPString",
  "value":{"layerDefinition": {}, "featureSet": {}}
}

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