Hi Ammar,
At 23:43 21-11-2012, Ammar Salih wrote:
many cases is incorrect, so why the hassle of assigning wrong locations? And
why developers are building their applications based on incorrect
information.
Developers take the data wherever they can find it. The information
which is distilled from that is a best guess [1]. A RIR can be asked
to "clarify that Puerto Rico is part of the United States" [2].
Regards,
-sm
1.
http://meetings.apnic.net/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/23486/Lepinski-APNIC-30-Geolocation-Registry.pdf
2. https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2010-2.html
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