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WWWUPDATE
A new design gives the AAPG website a specific look for all Regions of the world.
Regions Get New Focus on Website
By JANET BRISTER, AAPG Website Editor
Location, location, location.
Depending on where in the
world you’re standing – or sitting,
or whatever position you’re in when you
access www.aapg.org – your view of the
AAPG website is different.
Your AAPG Web team has tapped into
GeoIP technology and added a banner
to the AAPG home page that will display
a specific AAPG Region link to your
computer.
If you’re in the United States, nothing
will change for your AAPG home page.
But if you’re in, say, India, you’ll see a
banner across the top of the home page
that is focused on the Asia-Pacific region.
Simultaneously, members in, say, Italy
see one that provides Europe region
information, while in Brazil they are
looking at one focused on Latin America.
Wherever you are in the world – Africa,
Canada, the Middle East, etc. – your
computer will have a banner linking your
computer to that Region.
This feature allows for more obvious
navigation to the Region areas on the site
and gives a more prominent, local focus
to member activities over the globe.
* * *
How is this possible?
This is based on your computer’s
address that is given to it by the Internet
Service Provider (ISP) hosting the
services you are using.
So if you are a world traveler and
started your day in London, England, but
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Tearpock, J.G. Chapman, A.W. Cherry)
Japan
Ito, Makoto, Chiba University, Chiba (S.
Yoshida, M. Fujiwara, Y. Yaguchi)
Kuwait
Al-Shemali, Adnan Aiesh, Kuwait Oil Co.,
Ahmadi (R.M. Zereik, K. Ahmed, S.S. Thakur)
Netherlands
Herrero-Fernandez, Maria J., University
Complutense Madrid, Delft (R.R. Gries, A.
Moscariello, A. Permanyer)
Nigeria
Kelsch, Kenneth, Chevron, Lekki (H. Xiao,
that evening was spent in New York City,
the AAPG website you saw that morning
will look different from what you see that
evening.
It’s pretty simple really. Just think of
your telephone.
The telephone number consists of
country codes and area codes and local
exchanges. Similarly, the IP addresses
are organized into sets within countries
and geographic areas.
But here’s where the technology
changes. Telephones didn’t usually
travel, so the number was as stationary
as the house address. Now, even though
the phone travels, the number affiliated
with that phones does not change.
When you are accessing the
Internet, whatever device you are using
is assigned an IP address managed
through the local ISP. These are really
long numbers (up to 12 digits) that
reflect the geographic location of the ISP
through which you are obtaining your
services.
When you travel and use Internet
services provided within that area, the
IP reflects your location. These ISPs
are very cooperative. They negotiate
connections and verification in order to
pass through e-mails and other data,
using all kinds of different protocols.
Tapping into that organization is how
AAPG now serves up this new areaspecific
version.
So wherever you are …
Good browsing!
C.F. Kluth, T.L. Heidrick); Tiamiyu, Abimbade
Ishola, Mosunmolu Limited, Lagos (O.S.
Adegoke, A.A. Adesida, O.A. Olawoki)
Norway
Moore, David John, self-employed, Oslo (N.
Piggott, G.T. Himes, L.N. Kaye)
Pakistan
Rafi, Salma, University of Karachi, Karachi
(T.S. Hasany, M.Z. Khan, N.K. Siddiqui)
Saudi Arabia
Ternes, David L., Saudi Aramco, Dhahran
(S.R. Wharton, D.P. Taylor, G.E. Jahraus)
Scotland
Unger, Mike, Chevron Upstream Europe,
Aberdeen (R.W. Blake, S.A. Haas, D. Morgan)
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