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[railML3] @lateralSide and @verticalSide and distances [message #3759] Thu, 23 October 2025 15:23 Go to previous message
Mathias Vanden Auweele is currently offline  Mathias Vanden Auweele
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Currently, the only way to give a lateral side for a location is to also give a linear positioning coordinate. Conceptually, this is strange, since these properties are actually on the same level as @applicationDirection.

Furthermore, there can be an issue with conflicting data. An <AssociatedNetElement> has a <LinearCoordinateBegin> and <..End>. So potentially, one can have @lateralSide = "left" and the other "right". That would be a very confusing platformEdge!

And what about an <AreaLocation>? Now it's possible to also define these properties although I can't imagen any case where it would be useful.

I would like to propose to move these properties to the level of the <LinearLocation> and the <SpotLocation>

Mathias Vanden Auweele
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Brussels, Belgium

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