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RE: how to fix incorrect GeoIP data?
From: "Frank Bulk" <frnkblk () iname com>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 15:09:44 -0500
I bet each company uses a variety of methods to build their data set, not least of which is the one you mentioned. I don't think the larger (and by larger, I meant the ones with the most users) ISP community is so concerned about the accuracy of geoIP info, or even need to follow the routes we do, but there would be benefit to everyone else. And I don't think the interested members here on NANOG have the collective ability (in this virtual world) to interest any of the mentioned geoIP sites to work with us (NANOG). The most successful strategy would be for a NANOG member to work through their corporate (physical) channels to establish the relationships, and then bring the rest of NANOG on board. Sorry to rain on the parade, but face-to-face seems to be what it takes to make things like this happen. Frank -----Original Message----- From: Mikael Abrahamsson [mailto:swmike () swm pp se] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 1:06 PM To: nanog () nanog org Subject: RE: how to fix incorrect GeoIP data? On Fri, 1 May 2009, Frank Bulk wrote:
What we need is a "master update" form where Akamai, Google, Maxmind, hostip.info, Geobytes, ip2location, ipgeo, etc can be notified about changes.
Perhaps we as the ISP community need to realise that we need to somehow publish this data (town or something alike) via some kind of standardized API? Right now I guess they use tracking cookies together with e-commerce account registration to deduct where an IP is from? -- Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike () swm pp se
Current thread:
- RE: how to fix incorrect GeoIP data? Calhoun, Matthew (May 01)
- RE: how to fix incorrect GeoIP data? Frank Bulk (May 01)
- RE: how to fix incorrect GeoIP data? Mikael Abrahamsson (May 01)
- RE: how to fix incorrect GeoIP data? Frank Bulk (May 01)
- Re: how to fix incorrect GeoIP data? Christopher Morrow (May 01)
- Re: how to fix incorrect GeoIP data? Jeff Woolsey (May 01)
- Re: how to fix incorrect GeoIP data? William F. Maton Sotomayor (May 01)
- Re: how to fix incorrect GeoIP data? Mikael Abrahamsson (May 01)
- Re: how to fix incorrect GeoIP data? Peter Beckman (May 01)
- RE: how to fix incorrect GeoIP data? Frank Bulk (May 01)
- Re: how to fix incorrect GeoIP data? Patrick W. Gilmore (May 01)
- Re: how to fix incorrect GeoIP data? Mark Foster (May 01)
- RE: how to fix incorrect GeoIP data? Mikael Abrahamsson (May 01)
- RE: how to fix incorrect GeoIP data? Frank Bulk (May 01)
- Re: how to fix incorrect GeoIP data? Randy Bush (May 01)