[atlas] Location of probe controllers

On 01/02/2022 12:39, Carsten Schiefner wrote:

Hi Carsten,

>> On 31.01.2022 09:44, Robert Kisteleki wrote:
>>
>> It is mostly correct: fnc is Fremont, US west coast.
> 
> is this the proverbial exception to the rule?
> 
> As FNC indeed stands for Funchal:
> 
> https://www.iata.org/en/publications/directories/code-search/?airport.search=FNC#searchForm
> 
> , when Fremont has FET or CNE, respectively, as an IATA airport code:

Our apologies for this confusion. Controller names were initially 
characters from TV shows. Later, we began embedding location into them, 
using IATA codes. But IATA codes can be problematic in some cases. So we 
decided to use UN Locodes, as we do with RIPE Atlas anchors. The UN 
Locode for Fremont is "us-fnc". Unfortunately, we used just the location 
part of it, and did not include the country code, so the bare "FNC" 
looks like an IATA code.

Regards,
Anand Buddhdev
RIPE NCC