diff --git a/Pathfinding/PathNode.cs b/Pathfinding/PathNode.cs
index 8899125..8e84617 100644
--- a/Pathfinding/PathNode.cs
+++ b/Pathfinding/PathNode.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ using OSMDatastructure;
 
 namespace Pathfinding;
 
-public class PathNode : OSMDatastructure.Node
+public class PathNode : Node
 {
     public PathNode? previousPathNode = null;
     public double currentPathWeight = double.MaxValue;
@@ -14,4 +14,9 @@ public class PathNode : OSMDatastructure.Node
             
     }
 
+    public static PathNode FromNode(Node node)
+    {
+        return new PathNode(node.lat, node.lon);
+    }
+    
 }
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