[asterisk-users] OT - GEOPRIV and location based SIP services

[MatsK]

Olivier wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm wondering whether or not it is achievable to build a web based
> click2dial application that could automatically detect that a user is
> connected from office or home.
> Another option is to directly ask user or let them change default option
> but having this automatically detected is a bonus.
> 
> Has anyone tried to build such location based SIP services ?
> 
> I've read few lines about GEOPRIV which seems to be a building block for
> location based services but I could make sure if such DHCP extensions
> are implemented somewhere.
> Do you think GEOPRIV would help ?
> 
> Regards

Hi Oliver,

Linux Journal had an article about timezone handling in asterisk with
perlscript for checking the GeoIP database with the IP adr. from the
location db.

Maybe that could give you a clue how to solve your question.

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9190

The challange with GEOPRIV is that its rarely used so I would recomend
GeoIP, http://www.maxmind.com.


/Mats