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While making an application to retrieve pictures associated with websites on the basis of the geolocation, I realised that some big websites could come up with different locations on the basis of the url I typed.
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While making an application to retrieve pictures associated with websites on the basis of the geolocation, I realised that some big websites could come up with different locations on the basis of the url I typed.<br />
 


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  'country_name': ' Ireland ',
  'country_name': ' Ireland ',
  'continent': ' EU '
  'continent': ' EU '
  }
  }<br />
 
 
I looked a bit more into facebook because I remembered some article I read about its European data centers, based in Ireland.<br />
 
 
[[File:Facebookdotcom.png|700px]] <br />
<small> ''Three first accurate positions I could map, see: http://s192400.gridserver.com/limitsoftheempire/flatmap/facebookdotcom.html''</small><br />
 
 
Then I tested all the potential country extensions for facebook urls, using the Country code top-level domains list from wikipedia <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_domains#Country_code_top-level_domains</ref>. Some things are very interesting about this list. For instance the fact that .su (Soviet Union) is still in use.
I exported all the relevant data for the existing domains as a json file for quick mapping. <br />
 
 
[[File:Facebookdotother.png|700px]] <br />
<small> ''A lot of interrogation marks there: http://s192400.gridserver.com/limitsoftheempire/flatmap/facebookdotother.html''</small><br />
 
 
What was interesting to me was that, when ever a URL would get located on its own in a country outside the USA's borders, it would look like an anomaly, and mostly confirmed not belonging to Facebook. In other words, the geo-checking of facebook urls enabled me to identify the domain's owner identity.<br />
 
 
 
[[File:Facebookidcheck.jpg|700px]] <br />
 
 
 
I also exported the Libre Calc spreadsheet<ref>https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mw-mediadesign/images/f/fb/Facebookcountrylevel.pdf</ref> as a csv for d3.js experiments. <br />
 
 
[[File:Facebookglobebrazil.png|700px]] <br />
 


I looked a bit more into facebook because I remembered some article I read about its European data centers, based in Ireland.
Here it is : <br /><br />


''http://s192400.gridserver.com/limitsoftheempire/globalview/'' <br />
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Then I tested all the other available, using the Country code top-level domains list from wikipedia <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_domains#Country_code_top-level_domains</ref>.
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Some things are very interesting about this list. For instance the fact that .su (Soviet Union) is still in use.

Latest revision as of 11:17, 9 December 2015

While making an application to retrieve pictures associated with websites on the basis of the geolocation, I realised that some big websites could come up with different locations on the basis of the url I typed.


{
'website': ' facebook.fr ',
'city': ' Menlo Park ',
'time_zone': ' America/Los_Angeles ',
'longitude ':' -122.1781 ',
'latitude': ' 37.459 ',
'country_code': ' US ',
'country_name': ' United States ',
'continent': ' NA '
},{
'website': ' facebook.com ',
'city': ' Kensington ',
'time_zone': ' America/New_York ',
'longitude ':' -80.948 ',
'latitude': ' 40.7212 ',
'country_code': ' US ',
'country_name': ' United States ',
'continent': ' NA '
},{
'website': ' www.facebook.com ',
'city': ' None ',
'time_zone': ' Europe/Dublin ',
'longitude ':' -6.2597 ',
'latitude': ' 53.3478 ',
'country_code': ' IE ',
'country_name': ' Ireland ',
'continent': ' EU '
}


I looked a bit more into facebook because I remembered some article I read about its European data centers, based in Ireland.


Facebookdotcom.png
Three first accurate positions I could map, see: http://s192400.gridserver.com/limitsoftheempire/flatmap/facebookdotcom.html


Then I tested all the potential country extensions for facebook urls, using the Country code top-level domains list from wikipedia [1]. Some things are very interesting about this list. For instance the fact that .su (Soviet Union) is still in use. I exported all the relevant data for the existing domains as a json file for quick mapping.


Facebookdotother.png
A lot of interrogation marks there: http://s192400.gridserver.com/limitsoftheempire/flatmap/facebookdotother.html


What was interesting to me was that, when ever a URL would get located on its own in a country outside the USA's borders, it would look like an anomaly, and mostly confirmed not belonging to Facebook. In other words, the geo-checking of facebook urls enabled me to identify the domain's owner identity.


Facebookidcheck.jpg


I also exported the Libre Calc spreadsheet[2] as a csv for d3.js experiments.


Facebookglobebrazil.png


Here it is :

http://s192400.gridserver.com/limitsoftheempire/globalview/