Start and Discrete Preference Map

1. …effective movement from the Start to all other locations is simulated as a series of concentric rings (waves) that consider the relative ease of movement (favor versus avoid conditions) on the Discrete Preference Map Start and Discrete Preference Map (Berry)

2. …advance wave front to determine accumulated Effective Distance …if less than any previous value at a location, then assign as “Most preferred Path” to advance wave front  most favorable movement around or through impedance Accumulation Surface (0 TO 1) (Berry)

3. …advance wave front to determine accumulated Effective Distance …if less than any previous value at a location, then assign as “Most preferred Path” to advance wave front  most favorable movement around or through impedance Accumulation Surface (0 TO 2) (Berry)

4. …advance wave front to determine accumulated Effective Distance …if less than any previous value at a location, then assign as “Most preferred Path” to advance wave front  most favorable movement around or through impedance Accumulation Surface (0 TO 3) (Berry)

5. …advance wave front to determine accumulated Effective Distance …if less than any previous value at a location, then assign as “Most preferred Path” to advance wave front  most favorable movement around or through impedance Accumulation Surface (0 TO 4) (Berry)

6. …advance wave front to determine accumulated Effective Distance …if less than any previous value at a location, then assign as “Most preferred Path” to advance wave front  most favorable movement around or through impedance Accumulation Surface (0 TO 5) (Berry)

7. …advance wave front to determine accumulated Effective Distance …if less than any previous value at a location, then assign as “Most preferred Path” to advance wave front  most favorable movement around or through impedance Accumulation Surface (0 TO 6) (Berry)

8. …advance wave front to determine accumulated Effective Distance …if less than any previous value at a location, then assign as “Most preferred Path” to advance wave front  most favorable movement around or through impedance Accumulation Surface (0 TO 7) (Berry)

9. …advance wave front to determine accumulated Effective Distance …if less than any previous value at a location, then assign as “Most preferred Path” to advance wave front  most favorable movement around or through impedance Accumulation Surface (0 TO 8) (Berry)

10. …advance wave front to determine accumulated Effective Distance …if less than any previous value at a location, then assign as “Most preferred Path” to advance wave front  most favorable movement around or through impedance Accumulation Surface (0 TO 9) (Berry)

11. Accumulation Surface (0 TO 25) …wave front of increasing distance respects the relative “goodness” for route location Discrete Map Accumulation Surface (Berry)

12. Accumulation Surface (0 TO 50) …wave front of increasing distance respects the relative “goodness” for route location Discrete Map Accumulation Surface (Berry)

13. Accumulation Surface (0 TO 75) …wave front of increasing distance respects the relative “goodness” for route location Discrete Map Accumulation Surface (Berry)

14. Accumulation Surface (0 TO 100) …wave front of increasing distance respects the relative “goodness” for route location Discrete Map Accumulation Surface (Berry)

15. Accumulation Surface (0 TO 125) …wave front of increasing distance respects the relative “goodness” for route location Discrete Map Accumulation Surface (Berry)

16. Accumulation Surface (0 TO 150) …wave front of increasing distance respects the relative “goodness” for route location Discrete Map Accumulation Surface (Berry)

17. Accumulation Surface (0 TO 175) …wave front of increasing distance respects the relative “goodness” for route location Discrete Map Accumulation Surface (Berry)

18. Accumulation Surface (0 TO 200) …wave front of increasing distance respects the relative “goodness” for route location Discrete Map Accumulation Surface (Berry)

19. Accumulation Surface (0 TO 225) …wave front of increasing distance respects the relative “goodness” for route location Discrete Map Accumulation Surface (Berry)

20. Accumulation Surface (0 TO 250) …wave front of increasing distance respects the relative “goodness” for route location Discrete Map Accumulation Surface (Berry)

21. Accumulation Surface (0 TO 275) …wave front of increasing distance respects the relative “goodness” for route location Discrete Map Accumulation Surface (Berry)

22. Accumulation Surface (0 TO 300) …wave front of increasing distance respects the relative “goodness” for route location Farthest away Routing location Discrete Map Accumulation Surface (Berry)

23. Accumulation Surface (Bowl Shape) …while the Accumulation Surface looks like a terrain surface, it always forms a “bowl shape” with the lowest values around the Starting location that progressively increase as the wave front moves away ….the value at every location on the surface indicates how “far away” the location considering the “relative goodness” for siting a route at any location in the project area (1= Good through 9= Bad) Discrete Map Accumulation Surface (Berry)