Re: [Geopriv] review of draft-google-self-published-geofeeds-02

[Jason Fesler <[e-mail]>]

Inline.

On Wednesday, November 13, 2013, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:

>
> For instance, a mobile operator might cover a quite diverse area with an
> IP block, which can't be described with a single geographical identifier,
> so stacking multiple identifiers should be possible. Another possibility
> would be to allow multiple entries for the same IP block, thus OR:ing the
> results together.


I understand your intent, or at least I think I do. Perhaps where I fail is
understanding the expected behavior for content operators when there are
multiple conflicting entries; your OR case.

As a content operator, practically speaking, I could still only choose one
location to show users targeted content. Showing users one of N locations
randomly would be a disservice. Showing the first always, would also be a
disservice to many users.  I would probably resort to not using the service
provider supplied geo info at all where there are conflicts.

-jason



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