RE: [Geopriv] Adding GPS location to IPv6 header

SM <[email protected]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 03:27:06 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.ipv6,gmane.ietf.geopriv
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Ammar,
At 23:43 21-11-2012, Ammar Salih wrote:
>many cases is incorrect, so why the hassle of assigning wrong locations? And
>why developers are building their applications based on incorrect
>information.

Developers take the data wherever they can find it.  The information 
which is distilled from that is a best guess [1].  A RIR can be asked 
to "clarify that Puerto Rico is part of the United States" [2].

Regards,
-sm

1. 
http://meetings.apnic.net/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/23486/Lepinski-APNIC-30-Geolocation-Registry.pdf
2. https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2010-2.html 

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