Re: GPS info in IP addresses
"Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@uu.net> Fri, 16 August 1996 14:11 UTC
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From: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@uu.net>
Subject: Re: GPS info in IP addresses
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In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 15 Aug 1996 23:00:33 EDT." <c=US%a=_%p=Competitive_Comp%l=CALLC2-960816030033Z-422@callc2.competitive.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 10:09:55 -0400
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> The benefit of placing geographic information in the IP address, despite > the fact that we cannot (yet) use this info for routing, is that various > network devices will be locatable within a physical space. This will be > a real benefit for people trying to locate devices that need service, > etc. in a large network. No protocol to date provides such information. Er, there are resource records defined in the DNS for exactly this purpose. Having the geographical coordinates imbedded within the network-level address doesn't seem to be a particularlly good fit for this particular application. Louis A. Mamakos, Manager, Strategic Technologies louie@uu.net, uunet!louie UUNET Technologies, Inc. Voice: +1 703 206 5823 3060 Williams Drive Fax: +1 703 208 5390 Fairfax, VA 22031
- GPS info in IP addresses JohnM
- Re: GPS info in IP addresses Louis A. Mamakos
- Re: GPS info in IP addresses Tony Li
- Re: GPS info in IP addresses Louis A. Mamakos
- RE: GPS info in IP addresses JohnM
- Re: GPS info in IP addresses Tony Li