Re: Geographic location in /etc

[Robin Stephenson <robin.stephenson@blackwell.co.uk>]

>>>>> On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 09:45:53 +0200 (CEST)
>>>>> "Patrik" == Patrik Rak <patrik@ein.cz> wrote:

Patrik> There are many programs which usually use the geographic
Patrik> location [...] shared file [...]

DNS records have a field for geographic location -- latitude,
longitude, elevation and an error factor, so that you're defining a
sphere of variable radius.  This is in RFC 1876.  Rather than defining
a new way of specifying location, how about using this?

-- 
 Robin Stephenson
 Product Of Several Countries