Joshua Street wrote:
I was wondering if search engines (Google, I'm looking at you) can/do
make use of this "ICBM" data for localisation? I know that it works on
IP blocks, and possibly other data, but why not this as well? Or do
search engines use this information already?
Richard Rutter from Cl
Yep, that's what it stands for... more of a programmers joke than
anything else, methinks. It is a standard "of sorts" for detailing
lat/long, specifically for locating blog-sites whose authors are
geographically nearby.
I'm sure it could be used for postage rates and other things, as you
say, bu
this is going to sound even more OT but ...
ICBM: Inter-contental Balistic Missile, yes?
or is it a standard of sorts for detailing lat/long? (I'm thinking of
uses for postage rates, distances, etc ...)
just a thought...
cheers
barry.b
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