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
