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Comment · 2 years ago

On the other side of the Channel, the French government has managed to create the "BAN" (Base Adresse Nationale - National Address Database), a database of detailed postal addresses in the country along with precise GPS coordinates: https://adresse.data.gouv.fr/base-adresse-nationale

On top of the database they have provided an interface to view the data, interfaces for towns and cities to keep the data up-to-date, free APIs to search addresses and performing geocoding or reverse geocoding (https://adresse.data.gouv.fr/api-doc/adresse) and the data is openly licensed and available to download.

Feeding the BAN has been enforced by law, localities are required to put together and upload their "Base Adresse Locale" (Local Address Database)

The original data was obtained from multiple sources, including "La Poste", the French Royal Mail equivalent, and OpenStreetMap !

Comment · 2 years ago

They also use a similar mechanism for the "get me out of here ASAP" panic button [0] that staff place in your hand and tell you to squeeze if required, all it does is detect a change in air pressure on the other end of the tubing.

[0] https://www.mriequip.com/store/pc/MRI-Non-Magnetic-Magnalarm...

Comment · 2 years ago

How would you feel if you had lost a loved one to a car, even if they engaged in walking around at night or another dangerous activity ?

I don't see any one rushing to eradicate cars...

Comment · 4 years ago

Is there any particular reason for choosing a .fr domain name for this project ?

According to Wikipedia [0] the .fr ccTLD is limited to European Union residents (+ Switzerland, Norway...) and might possibly mean you have to comply with legal requirements (GDPR, mandatory information display: cookies / T&Cs... [1]) (IANAL)

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.fr#Requirements

[1]: https://www.service-public.fr/professionnels-entreprises/vos...

Comment · 5 years ago

Tried signing up for Relay Premium (from France), Stripe is telling me that "The currency of this subscription isn't valid for the country associated with your payment"...

Comment · 5 years ago

As for physical security, some are only protected by simple manhole covers before reaching the actual technical building, here's an example in Marseille, France where SeaMeWe-4 (and others) lands: 43.261938, 5.37276 [0] but the landing points aren't exactly secret [1]. Here are some photos [2][3] and a video [4] of Dunant's arrival in France.

[0] https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/carte?c=5.372494831681247,43....

[1] https://www.sigcables.com/index.php/cableliste/fiche_cable/5...

[2] https://twitter.com/jlvuillemin/status/1238414261774401537

[3] https://twitter.com/jlvuillemin/status/1238433769935319042

[4] https://twitter.com/jlvuillemin/status/1238479381145751553

Comment · 6 years ago

Interesting, I was unaware of the fact that every mobile device has a unique radio fingerprint [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_fingerprinting

Comment · 7 years ago

> See all of those microwave antennas on buildings and towers? A lot of them transmit around there.

But microwave links are P2P and directional, using narrow beams at a certain height so that humans (or other objects) don't get in the way. That will not be the case with 5G.

Comment · 8 years ago

Wow you've done some great stuff. I work in the same industry in a company that has been around since 2007 and we don't have anything remotely similar to provisioning systems for client or backbone equipment, everything is done manually.

What kind of equipment do you use mainly ? Cisco, Juniper... ?

Comment · 8 years ago

.gov is purely American, the French equivalent is .gouv.fr

Comment · 8 years ago