> On 16 October 2012 13:14, Andrew Gray <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On 16 October 2012 10:21, Charles Matthews > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > if we should try much more targeted ones - London area, Cambridge > > area, Manchester area, etc. Hmm.) > It is very difficult to accurately identify geographic locations > within the UK. IP addresses are generally assigned from an ISPs pool > which they use nationwide, so they just identify to wherever the ISP > is based.
Truth. I just checked where http://geoiplookup.wikimedia.org/ believes my (fixed) IP addresses are. "Truro" is the response! (I'm actually just north of London). Geolocation has been something of an interest of mine for a few years and whilst sub-country details can be good in, for example, the USA, it is poor to useless in the UK (and thus something I am working on improving). Some GeoIP services are more accurate for me. IPv6, btw, will make the issue more difficult initially, primarily because of the use of tunneling. AlisonW _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
