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NetGeo IP address locator service interface class 2003.12.12 (Default)
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Section: Unix
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| Added: Tue, Apr 2nd 2002 05:37 UTC (6 years, 3 months ago) |
Updated: Fri, Dec 12th 2003 10:49 UTC (4 years, 7 months ago) |
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About:
NetGeo IP address locator service interface class
interfaces with the NetGeo service to determine
the geographic location of a machine with a given
IP address. It is also capable of calculating the
distance between any to locations in the world
given their longitude and latitude coordinates.
Release focus: Minor bugfixes
Changes:
The output of connection errors when the netgeo.caida.org server is inaccessible has been suppressed. The coordinates of the PHP Classes example site have been updated. PHP short tags are avoided.
Author:
Manuel Lemos [contact developer]
Homepage:
http://www.phpclasses.org/netgeoclass
Mirror site:
http://www.phpclasses.org/[..]owse.html%2Fpackage%2F514.html&closest=1
Trove categories:
[change]
Dependencies:
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No dependencies filed
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» Rating:
7.83/10.00
(Rank N/A)
» Vitality: 0.00% (Rank 16259)
» Popularity: 1.93% (Rank 2667)
 
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Record hits: 33,216
URL hits: 10,878
Subscribers: 31
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Branches
Releases
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Version
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Focus
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Date
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2003.12.12
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Minor bugfixes |
12-Dec-2003 18:49 |
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2002.10.04
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Minor feature enhancements |
04-Oct-2002 13:54 |
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2002.04.02
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Initial freshmeat announcement |
02-Apr-2002 11:41 |
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NetGeo is also a pear package
by lukehand - Feb 27th 2005 18:45:07
No user account needed to download the pear package from
pear.php.net
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Re: NetGeo is also a pear package
by lukehand - Feb 27th 2005 18:47:12
fixed link
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Re: NetGeo is also a pear package
by Manuel Lemos - Feb 27th 2005 19:03:50
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> No user account needed to download the
> pear package from pear.php.net
>
It is not the same package and so it does not provide the same features.
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Subscribe?
by Ivan - Oct 4th 2002 11:59:25
Perhaps you should allow downloading this without subscribing.
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Re: Subscribe?
by Manuel Lemos - Oct 4th 2002 22:27:36
> Perhaps you should allow downloading
> this without subscribing.
Why? If I do so, the site is not able to count how many distinct users
have downloaded the class.
Subscribing does not cost anything. Also, once you subscribe, the site is
able to notify you by e-mail when the class is updated, unless if you do
not want to. This way you are kept up to date with the latest changes.
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Re: Subscribe?
by jdonnici - Oct 5th 2002 20:41:11
Why? If I do so, the site is not able to count how many distinct
users have downloaded the class.
It's a meaningless statistic anyway because a download can't be equated to
a "user". Personally, I probably download 15-20 different
classes/procedures/samples for every one that I actually ever use in a
project. If I do use it, I let the author know. I suspect that most
other developers are the same way. I know there are people out there
who build entire sites with nothing but downloaded code, but I don't
consider that software development.
Further, there are lots of ways to measure downloads without requiring
everyone to register before they download.
Subscribing does not cost anything.
No, but it's a site that wants my email address for a resource that I can
typically find elsewhere without having to supply give up any contact
info.
-- jeff
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Re: Subscribe?
by Manuel Lemos - Oct 5th 2002 21:33:55
> Why? If I do so, the site is not able to
> count how many distinct users have
> downloaded the class.
>
> It's a meaningless statistic anyway
> because a download can't be equated to a
> "user". Personally, I probably download
> 15-20 different
> classes/procedures/samples for every one
> that I actually ever use in a project.
> If I do use it, I let the author know. I
> suspect that most other developers are
> the same way. I know there are people
> out there who build entire sites with
> nothing but downloaded code, but I don't
> consider that software development.
It may be a meaningless statistic for you but it is certainly not for many
authors. The download count is used to compute top download charts that
provide further exposure to the user's work.
> Further, there are lots of ways to
> measure downloads without requiring
> everyone to register before they
> download.
Authentication exists so that multiple downloads of the same class by the
same user only count once. Only this way it is possible to compute charts
that are not easy to be affected by download count fraud.
Each author may let each of their class files be downloaded without
requiring authentication. It is not an imposition of the site. Of course,
when downloads made by users that are not authenticated those downloads do
not count for the statistics because it is not possible to distinguish if
it is the same user downloading the same files again or not.
Personally I have no motivation to let classes of mine be downloaded
without be accounted. The truth is that most authors think the same way
even though it is their option to make the files available for download
without requiring login.
> Subscribing does not cost anything.
>
> No, but it's a site that wants my email
> address for a resource that I can
According to the site privacy policy, no e-mail addresses will be
disclosed to anybody that has not to due with the site itself.
In 3 years if existence there was no disclosure of subscriber addresses.
If there was, certainly you would have heard of complains because many
users provide unique addresses that would let them track any address
disclosure by the site to anybody else.
If you already decided that you should not trust the site because you do
not believe that the people behind the site are honest and will not betray
the confidence that their private data of the site subscribers will not be
disclosed, there is little that can be done for you.
> typically find elsewhere without having
> to supply give up any contact info.
Of course you are free to pick the software you want from wherever you
want. Authors that provide their software in this site are not required to
not upload their code elsewhere. However, many authors only upload their
code in this site because they find it convinient.
It is the authors decision to upload their code wherever they want because
it is their intellectual property and no user is entitled to demand
anything about the authors' software, especially when it is being provided
for free.
In any case you are free to subscribe to the site and download any classes
at will if you agree that is fair. It is entirely your decision to do so.
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Re: Subscribe?
by jdonnici - Oct 6th 2002 02:05:40
I wouldn't expect you to agree. I've seen this argument played out
elsewhere and I don't imagine my feelings on it will much matter to you or
anyone else here. From what I can tell, it's largely a "because I can"
effort, so I won't get into a point-by-point argument of where we
disagree.
Thankfully, most open source developers, and most open source-oriented
sites, take a completely different approach.
-- jeff
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Re: Subscribe?
by Morris Cox - Aug 26th 2003 14:04:53
> I wouldn't expect you to agree. I've
> seen this argument played out elsewhere
> and I don't imagine my feelings on it
> will much matter to you or anyone else
> here. From what I can tell, it's largely
> a "because I can" effort, so I won't get
> into a point-by-point argument of where
> we disagree.
>
> Thankfully, most open source developers,
> and most open source-oriented sites,
> take a completely different approach.
>
> -- jeff
I happen to have a membership at that site. I feel safe enough myself.
However, I do see both sides. Jeff, you could create a throwaway account
like the author mentioned. That would satisfy both of you and you don't
even have to check it. Or you could use it as a spam catcher. You can get
free email accounts easily.
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Business: http://www.ss-systems.com
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