Re: Geographic location in /etc
>>>>> On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 14:34:17 -0400
>>>>> "James" == James M Mastros <james@rtweb.net> wrote:
James> On Thu, Apr 22, 1999 at 10:22:59AM +0100, Robin Stephenson wrote:
>> >>>>> 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 [...] RFC 1876 [...] how about using this?
James> Because many hosts don't have control of their own DNS record.
James> [...] It would probably be a Good Thing to store the location
James> in RFC1876 format, though.
That's what I meant -- sorry if I wasn't terribly clear. I suppose I
should have said `how about using this *format*'. It would be good to
have location data made accessible over the net somehow though: think
of the xearth & traceroute possibilities!
--
Robin Stephenson
More Odour Fighters In Every Stroke
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