RE: [Sipping-emergency] RE: Civil location syntax validation - wa s RE: How to handle Validation failures

Jonathan,

In-line.....

> 
> Peterson, Jon wrote:
> 
> > So, just to make sure I understand, validation uses the
> same network
> > operation, basically, that would be used for a route query?
> > 
> > Agreed that it should be possible for a route query to return 'I
> > didn't understand your address format', 'I understand your 
> address and
> > it isn't actually valid', and so on beyond just the
> sunny-day case of
> > returning the route. Also, plus or minus some authorization and
> > operational issues, I agree that an ordinary user should be able to 
> > launch this sort of query outside the context of an emergency call.
> 
> I'm not so sure of that.
> 
> It seems that there is a lot of very useful information in
> this database 
> - which addresses exist, which do not, and information on the 
> relative 
> proximity of civil addresses to each other (two addresses that map to 
> the same ERC would be "close" in some way). As a result, I feel that 
> there are probably privacy implications of allowing worldwide open 
> access to this database. Seems like it would be mined by spammers to 
> validate mailing addresses, and used for all sorts of other nefarious 
> purposes.
> 
> Along those lines, I think it might be a good idea to
> sprinkle some nice 
> words into the charter about taking into consideration 
> privacy concerns, 
> and properly balancing them with the needs of emergency call routing.
> 
> -Jonathan R.
> 

If you don't open up the ability to view the civil address routing
information, including the ability to 'mine' the address information, the
alternative would be to create a for-fee service to gain access to this
public information.  I suggest you look at and play with:

http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp

In your example, spammers would love this site.

Street addresses are already public information that is freely available.

-Marc Linsner-

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