Path Link (present in Paths product)

A Path Link is a line segment representing the alignment of a path. Path Links hold information about the name of the path, its length and its nature, alongside other attribution which is detailed in the OS MasterMap Highways Network – Paths Technical Specification. Path Links define the geometry and connectivity of the Path Network between two points.

How Connecting Links and Connecting Nodes connect the road and path networks together. Connecting Nodes are coincident with Road Nodes.

Path Links will be captured where:

• They provide a route that cannot be inferred from the Road Network

• They provide connectivity between road networks

• There is a canal path or tow path

• There are paths over footbridges and under subways

Path Links will not be captured where:

• They run parallel to the Road Network, for example, a pavement

• They are within school boundaries and cemeteries where there are closing times

• They are connected to a motorway

• There is a physical obstruction which prevents connectivity

• There are multiple paths that essentially serve the same purpose when some rationalisation is applied