[db-wg] Geolocation in the RIPE Database

Hi Wilfried and all
Just to play devils advocate for a moment, I remember some members really wanted this service available in the RIPE Database. Is that no longer the case? Or to put it another way, most members are within the silent majority on most issues, but do we have a consensus with more members actually saying they don't want this vs those (if any now) saying they do?

cheersdenis

      From: Wilfried Woeber <woeber at cc.univie.ac.at>
 To: Tim Bruijnzeels <tim at ripe.net>; Database WG <db-wg at ripe.net> 
 Sent: Wednesday, 25 May 2016, 20:06
 Subject: Re: [db-wg] Geolocation in the RIPE Database
   

Hi Tim, DB-WG community!

On 2016-05-25 19:51, Tim Bruijnzeels wrote:
> Dear working group,
> 
> We have an update with regards to the following action point:
> AP69.3 [RIPE NCC] To examine and report on possible solutions to improving geolocation
> data in the RIPE DB (Ongoing but if no progress by RIPE 72 then kill it)
> 
> Following a decision by the RIPE NCC Executive Board not to support resource expenditure
> in the area of geolocation services, the RIPE NCC has no plans to examine this further.

I can easily relate to this decision and can easily "accept" it.

But as a consequence, I'd like to propose to *discontinue* all geo-location
related functionality in the Resource Registry as soon as possible.

Regards,
Wilfried 

> A write-up is published on our website:
> https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/db/tools/geolocation-in-the-ripe-database
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Tim Bruijnzeels
> 
> Assistant Manager Software Engineering
> RIPE NCC Database Group




   
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