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Warren Kumari <warren@kumari.net> Mon, 13 November 2017 02:45 UTC

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From: Warren Kumari <warren@kumari.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 10:44:06 +0800
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Subject: Re: [100attendees] Incorrect GeoIP for IETF network addresses
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On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 10:34 AM, Darshak Thakore
<d.thakore@cablelabs.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
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> Is there a way to update the geoIP that the IETF IP addresses resolve to?
> I’ve been seeing this behavior for the past few IETF’s where on google maps
> (or on bing maps for that matter) in a browser, when I allow geo-location
> (while connected to the IETF* networks) it always resolves to the previous
> IETF venue.

So, this is a long, and ongoing problem -- there are many geo-location
databases, and getting all of them updated is hard.
Erik Kline wrote a document which helps with this --
https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-google-self-published-geofeeds-02
and the IETF has published these...

Also, many of the geo solutions also include stuff like the BSSID /
MAC address of the radio you are connected to...

>  So today when I click “Your location” button on google maps, it
> shows that I’m at Hilton Prague and when I was in Prague, it showed me
> Chicago (and so on)
>

So, thi time we thought we got this right for Google / Google Maps at
least -- for me / other people who have tried this it seems to finally
believe that we are were, er, we are...

W

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> Just wanted to know if there’s something I/we can do to make it resolve to
> the right venue
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> Darshak
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regret at having chosen those particular rabid weasels and that pair
of pants.
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