Thursday, August 1, 2019

Australian IPND


The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is an Australian government athority.

Integrated Public Number Database (IPND) is an industry-wide database containing all listed and unlisted public telephone numbers. It is managed by Telstra.

Carriage service providers (CSPs) that supply a carriage service to an end-user of a public number must provide the public number and the associated customer data to the IPND Manager.

Where a customer’s IPND record is inaccurate, the CSP must correct the data. This is subject to CSPs checking that the requested changes comply with their regulatory obligations - for example, the CSP should cross-check a customer request to change the spelling of a name against a form of identification.

The ACMA is responsible for monitoring and enforcing CSP compliance with the obligations to provide accurate and timely customer information to the IPND. A key aim of the IPND compliance program is to improve the quality of data in the IPND. This is important because the harms that can result from inaccurate data in the IPND can be serious.

https://www.acma.gov.au/Industry/Telco/Numbering/IPND/integrated-public-number-database-numbering-i-acma

Saturday, July 13, 2019

Drive from San Jose CA to Seaside OR

It took 2 days to drive all the way up to Portland, OR with the following stops
  1. Redding, CA (city)
  2. Lassen Volcanic National Park
  3. Burney Falls
  4. Shasta Lake
  5. Lake Shasta Caverns
  6. Mount Shasta
  7. McCloud Falls
  8. Klamath Falls, OR  (city)
  9. Crater Lake
  10. Eugene, OR (city)
  11. Portland, OR
    1. Lan Su Chinese Garden
    2. Jamison Square
    3. Powell's City of Books
    4. International Rose Test Garden
    5. Portland Japanese Garden 
  12. Seaside, OR 
    1. Seaside Civic & Convention Center
    2. Seaside Carousel Mall 
    3. Seaside Beach
    4. Turnaround at Seaside 

Drive from Seaside OR to San Jose CA

It is about 750 miles drive, and here are some POI along the drive using 101 and CA-1

  1. the Astoria Column (on the north of Seaside, about 19mi)
  2. Cannon Beach / Haystack Rock - 7.8mi
  3. Tillamook Rock lighthouse - 8.4mi
  4. Yaquina Head Outstanding National Area - 114mi
  5. New Port - 116mi
  6. Thor's well - 143mi
  7. Heceta Head - 154mi
  8. Florence (Old town) - 160mi
  9. Dunes National Recreation Area - 187mi
  10. Gold Beach - 293mi
  11. Eureka - 483mi
  12. Redwood State Park - 453mi
  13. The Avenue of Giants - 534mi
  14. Fort Bragg Glass Beach - 616mi
  15. Mendocino - 625mi
  16. Santa Rosa - 683mi
  17. San Francisco - 706mi