traversierbare

Traversierbare is an adjective used in German to describe the property of terrain, infrastructure, or networks that can be traversed, i.e., passed through from one point to another. In practice, something is traversierbar when a movement pathway exists that can be used by humans, vehicles, or autonomous systems under certain conditions. The term appears in geography, civil engineering, urban planning, robotics, and computer science, and is often contrasted with non-traversierbar or non-traversable.

Assessment involves factors such as surface type, slope, obstacles, water depth or flood risk, vegetation density, legal access, and seasonal variations. In GIS and terrain analysis, traversierbare areas are represented as cost surfaces or binary masks indicating passability. In robotics and AI, Traversierbarkeit refers to a cell or region's traversability, used in path-planning to compute feasible routes.

Applications include designing road and pedestrian networks, planning evacuation routes, maintaining wildlife corridors, and enabling autonomous navigation for ground vehicles and drones. Examples range from a paved road that is traversierbar for cars, to a gravel trail traversierbar for hikers, to a seasonal forest track that is traversierbar only in dry periods.

Related concepts include passability, accessibility, and navigability.