Raster-based GIS routing models prevent pipelines from becoming an economic burden on the companies and countries involved in their construction and operation by minimizing not just the economic costs, but also the environmental and social costs of any new project.Reducing pipeline construction costs, potential environmental damage, and construction time requires appropriate route planning. Planning should analyze all factors that will affect the route. Frequent changes of surface (land use, topography, streams, etc.) and underground (soil, geology, etc.) characteristics result in a dense data set. Geographical information systems based on raster data models can efficiently manage and ana...