From: cwatters@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Coyt D Watters)
Subject: geographic distribution codes
Followup-To: rec.games.frp.misc
Summary: use these in the distribution header
Originator: cwatters@top.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
Reply-To: rec.games.frp.misc
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 14:05:20 GMT


Here is a list of known GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTIONS.
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aa: Ann Arbor/MI/USA
ab: Alberta/CAN
akron: Akron/OH/USA
atl: Atlanta/GA/USA
atl: Atlantic Provinces/NS, New Brunswick*, Prince Edward Island*,
	Newfoundland*/CAN
aus: Australia
austin: Austin/TX/USA
az: Arizona/USA
ba: San Francisco Bay Area/CA/USA
bc: British Columbia/CAN
belwue: Baden-Wuerttemberg/Germany/Europe*
bergen: Bergen County/NJ/USA
ca: California/USA
can: Canada
capdist: Capital District/Albany*,Schenectady*,Troy*/NY/USA
ch: Switzerland
chi: Chicago/IL/USA
chico: Chico/CA/USA
cle: Cleveland/OH/USA
cmh: Columbus/OH/USA
co: Colorado/USA
cov: Coventry/England*/UK
dc: Washington D.C./USA
det: Detroit/MI/USA
dfw: Dallas-Ft Worth/TX/USA
ed: Edinburgh/SCOT/UK
edm: Edmonton/AB/CAN
es: Spain/EUNET
fj: Japan
fl: Florida/USA
ga: Georgia/USA
hfx: Halifax/NS/CAN
houston: Houston/TX/USA
hsv: Huntsville/Alabama*/USA
ia: Iowa/USA
ie: Ireland
il: Illinois/USA
il: Israel
in: Indiana/USA
iowacity: Iowa City/IA/USA
ka: Karlsruhe/Baden-Wuerttemberg/Germany/Europe
kc: Kansas City/Kansas City metro*/USA
kingston: Kingston/ONT/CAN/NA
ks: Kansas/USA
kw: Kitchener-Waterloo/ONT/CAN
ky: Kentucky/USA
la: Los Angeles county/CA/USA
lon: The London UK area/England*/UK
lou: Louisiana/USA
md: Maryland/USA
mhk: Manhattan/KS/USA
mi: Michigan/USA
miami: Miami/FL/USA
midlands: Midlands Area/England*/UK
milw: Milwaukee/WI/USA
mlb: Melbourne/BREVARD/FL/USA
mn: Minnesota/USA
mo: Missouri/USA
mtl: Montreal/QC/CAN
na: Namibia
na: North America/Mexico*,CAN,USA
nc: North Carolina/USA
ne: New England/Connecticut*,Massachusetts*,Maine*,New Hampshire*,Rhode
	Island*,Vermont*/USA
neworleans: New Orleans/LOU/USA
nj: New Jersey/USA
nlnet: Netherlands
no: Norway
ns: Nova Scotia/CAN
ny: New York/USA
nyc: New York City/NY/USA
nz: New Zealand
oau: Orlando/FL/USA
oc: Orange County/CA/USA
oh: Ohio/USA
ok: Oklahoma/USA
ont: Ontario/CAN
or: Oregon/USA
ott: Ottawa/ONT/CAN
pa: Pennsylvania/USA
pdx: Portland/OR/USA
pgh: Pittsburgh/PA/USA
phl: Philadelphia/PA/USA
pnw: Pacific North West/Idaho*,OR,WA/USA
qc: Quebec/CAN
relcom: Relcom/Russia*/SU
rg: Rio Grande Valley/New Mexico*/USA
sac: Sacramento/CA/USA
sarasota: Sarasota/FL/USA
sba: Santa Barbara/CA/USA
scot: Scotland/UK
scruz: Santa Cruz/CA/USA
sdnet: San Diego county/CA/USA
se: Sweden
sea: Seattle/WA/USA
seattle: Seattle/WA/USA
sfnet: Finland
stgt: Stuttgart/BELWUE/Germany*/Europe
stl: St. Louis/MO/USA
su: Soviet Union
tba: Tampa Bay Area/FL/USA
tdw: Tidewater/VA/USA
tn: Tennessee/USA
tor: Toronto/ONT/CAN
triangle: Research Triangle Park area/NC/USA
tx: Texas/USA
uk: United Kingdom
uninet: University Net/ZA
usa: United States of America/NA
utah: Utah/USA
va: Virginia/USA
wa: Washington/USA
wgtn: Wellington/NZ
wi: Wisconsin/USA
wny: Western NY(Rochester,Buffalo)/NY/USA
za: South Africa

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bu: Boston University/BOS/Massachusetts*/USA
caen: University of Michigan Engineering/AA/Washtenaw County*/MI/USA
ccad: Center for Computer-Aided Design/UIOWA/IOWACITY/Johnson*/IA/USA
chico: California State University at Chico/CHICO/Butte County*/CA/USA
cmu: Carnegie Mellon University/Pittsburgh*/Pennsylvania*/USA
csd: Computer Science Department Stanford University/Palo Alto*/CA/USA
csu: Colorado State University/Fort Collins*/Larimer County*/CO/USA
csus: California State University Sacramento/Sacramento*/CA/USA
dal: Dalhousie University/HFX/NS/CAN
du: University of Denver/Denver/Denver County*/CO/USA
+fub: Freie Univeritaet Berlin/Berlin*/Germany*
git: Georgia Institute of Technology/ATL/GA/USA
ic: Imperial College/LON/UK
icdoc: Imperial College Department of Computing/IC/LON/UK
hum: Humber College/Etobicoke*/ONT/CAN
jhu: Johns Hopkins University/Baltimore*/MD/USA
knox: University of Tennessee at Knoxville/Knox*/Tennessee*/USA
ksu: Kansas State University/MHK/Riley county*/KS/USA
leidenuniv: Leiden University/Leiden*/Zuid-Holland*/NLNET
mit: Massachussetts Institute of Technology/Cambridge*/Massachussetts*/USA
mscs: MSCS Department/Marquette University*/MILW/WI/USA
mu: Marquette University/MILW/WI/USA
nmsu: New Mexico State University/Las Cruces*/NM/USA
nyu: New York University/NYC/NY/USA
odu: Old Dominion University/Norfolk*/VA/USA
orst: Oregon State University/Corvallis*/OR/USA
osu: Ohio State Univerity/CMH/OH/USA
poly: Coventry Polytechnic/COV/UK
psu: Penn State University/State College*/Pennsylvania*/USA
pu: Princeton University/Princeton*/NJ/USA
rpi: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute/Troy*/NY/USA
ru: Rutgers/New Brunswick*/NJ/USA
seattleu: Seattle University/Seattle*/WA/USA
su: Stanford University/Palo Alto*/CA/USA
tamu: Texas A&M University/College Station*/Brazos County*/TX/USA
tcd: Trinity College/Dublin/Ireland
ucb: University of California at Berkeley/Berkeley*/CA/USA
+uchi: University of Chicago/CHI/IL/USA
uiowa: University of Iowa/Iowa City*/Johnson*/IA/USA
uiuc: University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign*/IL/USA
um: University of Maryland/MD/USA
umiami: University of Miami/MIAMI/FL/USA
umich: University of Michigan/?/MI/USA
umn: University of Minnesota/?/MN/USA
upenn: University of Pennsylvania/Philadelphia*/Pennsylvania*/USA
ur: University of Rochester/Rochester*/NY/USA
usask: University of Saskatchewan/Saskatoon*/SK/CAN
usc: University of Southern California/LA/CA/USA
ut: University of Toronto/TOR/ONT/CAN
ut: University of Texas/Austin*/Travis County*/TX/USA
utcs: University of Texas Comp Sci Dept/Austin*/Travis County*/TX/USA
utk: University of Tennessee at Knoxville/Knox*/Tennessee*/USA
uw: University of Waterloo/KW/ONT/CAN
uw: University of Warwick/COV/UK
uw: University of Washington/Seattle*/?/WA/USA
uwisc: University of Wisconsin - Madison/Madison*/WI/USA
uwm: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee/Milwaukee*/WI/USA
uwo: University of Western Ontario/LONDON/ONT/CAN
yale:Yale University/New Haven*/Connecticut*/USA

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bit: Bitnet/LOGICAL
biz: Biz-Net/LOGICAL
cerf: CERFNet members/LOGICAL
cern: CERN/GENEVA/CH
crl: DEC Cambridge Research Lab/Cambridge*/Massachussetts*/USA
ctdl: Citadel-Net/LOGICAL
erg: SRI International/Menlo Park*/CA/USA
eunet: Europe/FNET,ES/LOGICAL
fido: Fidonet/LOGICAL
fnal: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory/Batavia*/IL/US
fnet: France/EUNET/LOGICAL
hepnet: High-Energy Physics Network/Batavia*/IL/US
inet: Internet/LOGICAL
m4: Metaphor Computer Systems/Mountain View*/CA/USA
mcnc: MicroElectronics Center of North Carolina/NC/USA
ncsc: North Carolina Supercomputing Center/NC/USA
nearnet: New England Academic Research Network/NE/USA
nys: New York State Net/NY/USA 
rain: Portland Oregon Research And Information Network/OR,WA/USA
sanet: South African UUCP network/LOGICAL
slac: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center/Menlo Park*/CA/US
ssc: Superconducting Super-Collider Laboratory/Waxahatchie*/TX/US
swnet: SUNET (Swedish University Net)/LOGICAL
uninet: UNINET-ZA, the South African IP net/LOGICAL


These are used in the distribution: headerline.  This will reduce overall
bandwidth when posting items of restricted interest, I.e. talking about
a made-for-tv movie which will be shown on one of the US's tv networks
should be restricted to usa, or na (since the signals do stray into 
Canada and Mexico), since the other members of the net are not going to 
get to see the item discussed (is Geraldo carried outside the US?).


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