Locations – Updated Paper


Monday, August 31, 2009 at 10:15 am

The Locations paper has been further revised and can be viewed here: MOPS WP 2 v22. Since Version 1 I’ve added ‘Places’ – which supports a sub-Station structure (eg it can support a Zone-Track-Spot structure). I have also simplified some of the other details. Unless there are significant issues, the next publication will be on [...]

I have been on vacation…


Sunday, August 30, 2009 at 11:35 am

… and spent a week in glorious Northumberland, UK. But it’s back to work now! A brief update: I will be re-issuing the Locations paper over the next couple of days; at the same time I’m working on the Vehicles paper, which will cover Locos and Cars. I have also been working on the software [...]

Location Aliases


Friday, August 21, 2009 at 8:29 am

A bit more detail on aliases (which will be reflected later in an updated document). The way this will work is that an Alias Station will have all the attributes of a normal Station, but will also ‘point to’ a normal Station. So each Alias Station will support Zones-Tracks-Spots in its own right. So you [...]

Locations revisited


Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 9:27 am

Having had some useful feedback from the Ops-Ind Yahoo group, the Locations paper has been revisited. There are a couple of significant changes; the first is that the proposal now supports a lower level of detail (below Stations), and the second is that the concept of Aliases (for Stations in staging yards) is also proposed. [...]

First Design paper available


Friday, August 7, 2009 at 12:40 pm

The first design paper – working through places /locations on a layout – is now available on the Design page.  It works through what a new application will need to know about places on a layout.  This is available as a pdf.  If you have any comments to make, please leave a note on this [...]