[arin-ppml] Policy Proposal 2008-4 - Staff Assessment

[Owen DeLong]

On Oct 9, 2008, at 11:15 AM, David Kessens wrote:

>
> Owen,
>
> On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 09:44:41AM -0700, Owen DeLong wrote:
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>> Why not just define it as any area more than 100km from an
>> incorporated city or metropolitan area with a population greater
>> than 250,000 and eliminate ALL of the above oddities?
>
> What data is going to be used ? Who is going to verify this "simple"
> definition ?
>
The same problem applies to Michael's much more elaborate effort
at the same statement.

As to what data would be used, I would suppose the official government
population figures for the applicable national government in question.

However, I think Leo did a better job of directly expressing what I was
attempting to express indirectly.  The problem is not population  
density,
it is geography.

The reality is that I think the policy could apply as follows:

Any nation where 70% or more of their land mass consists of islands.

Owen