[110336] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Looking for verification that Google and Akamai have the geo-ip
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Hills)
Sat Jan 3 09:15:16 2009
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From: Chris Hills <chaz@chaz6.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:44:49 +0100
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On 03/01/09 07:31, Martin Hannigan wrote:
> Overall, geo location has turned out to be a somewhat valuable tool in terms
> of language, fraud, and localization. I think that it's important to
> continue to urge improvements in this technology, not divestment.
Is it really that difficult to check the Accept-Language header for
determining the language to use? This is particularly useful in
countries that either have no official language, countries that have
more than one official language, and tourists.
