[db-wg] Geolocation data prototype in the RIPE Database

On 10/05/11 19:33, Arkley, Patrick wrote:
> How can I as a LIR avoid being forced by my customers to modify this
> data? [...]
> I certainly don't want to be pressured from content providers to remove
> manipulated geoloc data.

There are other aspects as well. There are for sure lots of people out there 
who do NOT want their IP address geolocated. And then there are different 
privacy regulation in every country which have to be observed.

Also depending on the internal routing of the IP address possessor, the real 
location can vary heavily and the whole network is not necessarily used 
completely at the same location. In the end you'd have to attach a current 
location to every single address ...

If anybody should submit the current location it is the end user alone.

Cheers

Hendrik

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