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Using this:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.iplocation.net/">http://www.iplocation.net/</a><br>
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The 1st one (iPligence) places me near Rice U, about 20.4 miles from
my house in Clear Lake.<br>
The 2nd one (Labs) places me within 2.6 miles of my house.<br>
The 3rd one (DB-IP) places me in Pearland, 10.8 miles from my house.<br>
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These things used to place me in Dallas, so it is getting <br>
much more accurate.<br>
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As far as I know, there is no other way for a computer <br>
to know where it is located, except for it's IP address.<br>
If you are not connected to the internet, the computer <br>
does not know where it is, except in the time zone you <br>
select.<br>
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Mike<br>
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More reading:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://whatismyipaddress.com/geolocation-accuracy">http://whatismyipaddress.com/geolocation-accuracy</a><br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/04/getting-warmer-an-ip-address-can-map-you-within-half-a-mile/">http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/04/getting-warmer-an-ip-address-can-map-you-within-half-a-mile/</a><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/22/2014 11:28 PM, Julian Brown
via Houston wrote:<br>
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<div>You can get approximate lat and long if you know the zip
code.<br>
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Their is a free download of zip codes with lat and long
database on the inter tubes.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 10:17 PM,
Michael R. Davis via Houston <span dir="ltr"><<a
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target="_blank">houston@pm.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Perl Mongers,</div>
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or something fancier if you have a daytime/nighttime
script</div>
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0-59/10 * * * * is_nighttime && power<span>-</span>outlet
iBoot ON host mylamp</div>
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5-59/10 * * * * is_daytime && power<span>-</span>outlet
iBoot OFF host mylamp</div>
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dir="ltr">I'm finally putting plan to code and I ran
into an issue that there does not appear to be a
standard for the location of a system. In order to
calculate the sunset and sunrise for my
is_nighttime/is_daytime scripts, I need to know
the location of the host. Please let me know if you
know of any system location standards for something
that I feel should be ubiquitous.</div>
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style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica
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dir="ltr"> </div>
<div
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica
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dir="ltr">For now, I'm planning to add a file to
/etc/profiles.d to add this environment variable for
the users on my server.</div>
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<div
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dir="ltr">my ($lon, $lat, $hae) = split(/\s/,
$ENV{"LOCATION_COORDINATES_WGS84_LON_LAT_HAE"}||"");</div>
<div
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica
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dir="ltr"> </div>
<div
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dir="ltr">It might be nice to populate it from data
stored in a /etc/local.coordinates file or something.
From my perspective, knowing your location is as
important as knowing your time zone (e.g.
/etc/localtime)</div>
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dir="ltr">/etc/local.coordinates</div>
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dir="ltr">[main]</div>
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dir="ltr">version=1</div>
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dir="ltr">crs=wgs84</div>
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dir="ltr">latitude=38.896783</div>
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dir="ltr">longitude=-77.036509</div>
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dir="ltr">hae=30</div>
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dir="ltr">address=1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC</div>
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dir="ltr">Any comments?</div>
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dir="ltr">Thanks,</div>
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