On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 08:39 +0200, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote: > On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 11:02:08PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 22:12 -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > > > Some people are not comfortable with having that kind of information > > > easily available on the Internet. The default must be opt-in, or not > > > at all. > > > > While I wholeheartedly agree that the d-d's coordinates and/or > > address should only be public on an opt-in basis, what about city > > or region. > > Country is already there and is already public. If you want to > do more finegrained stuff then you need to change the database and ask people > to update their records. At that point you can ask them to opt-in to this new > "feature". Those that update their records could easily mark a checkbox > saying "yes, make this public". Those that don't update or don't mark it will > not be made public. > > Pondering: Can you easily easily convert latitude/longitude into > those "regions"? Do _you_ have a very good GIS available? You might > be able to do it for some countries (US, probably) but not for most > other DDs. Or have I missed something and all this GIS data is publicly > available (and free) somewhere? Yes, but us non-d-ds don't have access to it. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men." Herbert Clark Hoover
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