Re: GeoIP information

[William Herrin <bill () herrin us>]

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 9:12 PM, Ian Clark <ian.clark () dreamhost com> wrote:
> On Sep 24, 2015 5:54 PM, "Ray Van Dolson" <rvandolson () esri com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 08:47:56PM -0400, William Herrin wrote:
> > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 7:29 PM, Roland Dobbins <rdobbins () arbor net>
> > > wrote:
> > > > On 25 Sep 2015, at 5:58, Ian Clark wrote:
> > > > > Any advice would be awesome!
> > > > There is no inherent correlation between IP addressing and
> > > > geopolitical
> > > > boundaries.
> > >
> > > Maxmind does not concur.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Bill Herrin
> >
> > I've recently SWIP'd some IP space to see if Maxmind would pick up the
> > new location.  48 hours later it hasn't (just via their free, web-based
> > query tool).  Perhaps I need to be more patient.
>
> We did the same thing about a week ago, including a correction request with
> maxmind to no avail, hence this thread. I have a feeling our patience won't
> be rewarded...

Maxmind would have to violate ARIN's rules to collect your geoip
information through a feed of whois data. Those rules forbid
republication of the data.

Try contacting them directly. Then download the files they publish and
check for yourself.

https://support.maxmind.com/geoip-data-correction-request/
http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/legacy/geolite/

When you've done these things and still haven't gotten satisfaction,
perhaps then it's time to return here for a session of Name and Shame.

Regards,
Bill Herrin


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