I don't know how many of you remember me, but I had previously asked if people would be willing to allow me to install some software on their Linux boxes for some experiments involving metropolitan area geolocation. I ran into a lot of problems with that, to the point where we're going to take a different approach for getting the software at a few diverse vantage points throughout the area. So, I no longer need anyone's help with actually performing the experiment probes.
However, there is still something that you could do that I would really appreciate (and that hopefully won't inconvenience you much). Our current algorithm requires a lot of landmarks, that is, computers with known IP addresses and geographic locations. It's a little more complicated than that, since IP addresses change, so we really would like people to provide a DNS name instead (which you could get through no-ip.org for instance). In any case, if you think you might be comfortable with giving me that information, I would really appreciate it. You can find out a little bit about the project and submit your information from this web page: http://bowser.cs.umd.edu/geoman/ Thanks again. I hope I haven't been too much of a nuisance with this, and I should really try to find a way to pay back the UM-LINUX group. Even though I've been subscribed to the list for years, I rarely respond to it and I still have never come to any meetings or anything. If there's some way in which I can help, let me know. :) -Randy Baden
