[188684] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: GeoIP database issues and the real world consequences
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leo Bicknell)
Tue Apr 12 09:35:10 2016
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From: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org>
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In a message written on Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 03:10:44PM -0400, Sean Donelan=
wrote:
> If GeoIP insists on giving a specific lon/lat, instead of an uncertaintit=
y=20
> how about using locations such as the followign as the "default I don't=
=20
> know where it is"
>=20
> United States: 38.8899 N, 77.0091 W (U.S. Capital Building)
> Missouri: 38.5792 N, 92.1729 W (Missouri State Capital Building)
>=20
> After the legislators get tired of the police raiding the capital=20
> buildings, they will probably do something to fix it.
Massachusetts: 42.376702 N, 71.239076 W (MaxMind Corporate HQ)
Maybe after seeing what it's like to be on the receiving end of their
own inaccuracy they will be a bit more motivated to fix it.
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Leo Bicknell - bicknell@ufp.org
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