diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 5070f7b..8fec10a 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ define ( 'NAMESPACE_ACTIVITY',        'http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/' );
 define ( 'NAMESPACE_ACTIVITY_SCHEMA', 'http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/');
 define ( 'NAMESPACE_SALMON_ME',       'http://salmon-protocol.org/ns/magic-env');
 define ( 'NAMESPACE_OSTATUSSUB',      'http://ostatus.org/schema/1.0/subscribe');
+define ( 'NAMESPACE_GEORSS',          'http://www.georss.org/georss');
 
 // activity stream defines
 
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 87e5b46..f04bf0b 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -199,8 +199,9 @@ function get_feed_for(&$a, $dfrn_id, $owner_id, $last_update, $direction = 0) {
 					'$published'          => xmlify(datetime_convert('UTC', 'UTC', $item['created'] . '+00:00' , ATOM_TIME)),
 					'$updated'            => xmlify(datetime_convert('UTC', 'UTC', $item['edited']  . '+00:00' , ATOM_TIME)),
 					'$location'           => xmlify($item['location']),
+					'$coord'              => xmlify($item['coord']),
 					'$type'               => $type,
-					'$alt'           => xmlify($a->get_baseurl() . '/display/' . $owner_nick . '/' . $item['id']),
+					'$alt'                => xmlify($a->get_baseurl() . '/display/' . $owner_nick . '/' . $item['id']),
 					'$content'            => xmlify($item['body']),
 					'$verb'               => xmlify($verb),
 					'$actobj'             => $actobj,  // do not xmlify
@@ -355,6 +356,10 @@ function get_atom_elements($item) {
 	elseif($rawowner[0]['child'][NAMESPACE_DFRN]['avatar'][0]['data'])
 		$res['owner-avatar'] = unxmlify($rawowner[0]['child'][NAMESPACE_DFRN]['avatar'][0]['data']);
 
+	$rawgeo = $item->get_item_tags(NAMESPACE_GEORSS,'point');
+	if($rawgeo)
+		$res['coord'] = unxmlify($rawgeo[0]['data']);
+
 	$rawverb = $item->get_item_tags(NAMESPACE_ACTIVITY, 'verb');
 	// select between supported verbs
 	if($rawverb)
@@ -429,6 +434,7 @@ function item_store($arr) {
 	$arr['changed'] = datetime_convert();
 	$arr['title'] = notags(trim($arr['title']));
 	$arr['location'] = notags(trim($arr['location']));
+	$arr['coord'] = notags(trim($arr['coord']));
 	$arr['body'] = escape_tags(trim($arr['body']));
 	$arr['last-child'] = intval($arr['last-child']);
 	$arr['visible'] = ((x($arr,'visible') !== false) ? intval($arr['visible']) : 1);
diff --git a/include/notifier.php b/include/notifier.php
index db95c3a..99b3859 100644
--- a/include/notifier.php
+++ b/include/notifier.php
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@
 						'$published'          => xmlify(datetime_convert('UTC', 'UTC', $item['created'] . '+00:00' , ATOM_TIME)),
 						'$updated'            => xmlify(datetime_convert('UTC', 'UTC', $item['edited']  . '+00:00' , ATOM_TIME)),
 						'$location'           => xmlify($item['location']),
+						'$coord'              => xmlify($item['coord']),
 						'$type'               => 'text',
 						'$verb'               => xmlify($verb),
 						'$actobj'             => $actobj,
@@ -249,6 +250,7 @@
 							'$published'          => xmlify(datetime_convert('UTC', 'UTC', $item['created'] . '+00:00' , ATOM_TIME)),
 							'$updated'            => xmlify(datetime_convert('UTC', 'UTC', $item['edited']  . '+00:00' , ATOM_TIME)),
 							'$location'           => xmlify($item['location']),
+							'$coord'              => xmlify($item['coord']),
 							'$type'               => 'text',
 							'$verb'               => xmlify($verb),
 							'$actobj'             => $actobj,
@@ -269,6 +271,7 @@
 							'$content'       => xmlify($item['body']),
 							'$alt'           => xmlify($a->get_baseurl() . '/display/' . $owner['nickname'] . '/' . $item['id']),
 							'$location'      => xmlify($item['location']),
+							'$coord'         => xmlify($item['coord']),
 							'$type'          => 'text',
 							'$verb'          => xmlify($verb),
 							'$actobj'        => $actobj,
diff --git a/mod/display.php b/mod/display.php
index fefef8a..84176d2 100644
--- a/mod/display.php
+++ b/mod/display.php
@@ -229,7 +229,14 @@ function display_content(&$a) {
 
 			$like    = (($alike[$item['id']]) ? format_like($alike[$item['id']],$alike[$item['id'] . '-l'],'like',$item['id']) : '');
 			$dislike = (($dlike[$item['id']]) ? format_like($dlike[$item['id']],$dlike[$item['id'] . '-l'],'dislike',$item['id']) : '');
-
+			$location = (($item['location']) ? '<a target="map" href="http://maps.google.com/?q=' . urlencode($item['location']) . '">' . $item['location'] . '</a>' : '');
+			$coord = (($item['coord']) ? '<a target="map" href="http://maps.google.com/?q=' . urlencode($item['coord']) . '">' . $item['coord'] . '</a>' : '');
+			if($coord) {
+				if($location)
+					$location .= '<br /><span class="smalltext">(' . $coord . ')</span>';
+				else
+					$location = '<span class="smalltext">' . $coord . '</span>';
+			}
 
 			$o .= replace_macros($template,array(
 				'$id' => $item['item_id'],
@@ -242,7 +249,7 @@ function display_content(&$a) {
 				'$body' => bbcode($item['body']),
 				'$ago' => relative_date($item['created']),
 				'$lock' => $lock,
-				'$location' => (($item['location']) ? '<a target="map" href="http://maps.google.com/?q=' . urlencode($item['location']) . '">' . $item['location'] . '</a>' : ''),
+				'$location' => $location,
 				'$indent' => (($item['parent'] != $item['item_id']) ? ' comment' : ''),
 				'$owner_url' => $owner_url,
 				'$owner_photo' => $owner_photo,
diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index 39865cd..4ebb1e9 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 	$title             = notags(trim($_POST['title']));
 	$body              = escape_tags(trim($_POST['body']));
 	$location          = notags(trim($_POST['location']));
+	$coord             = notags(trim($_POST['coord']));
 	$verb              = notags(trim($_POST['verb']));
 
 	if(! strlen($body)) {
@@ -128,8 +129,8 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 
 	$r = q("INSERT INTO `item` (`uid`,`type`,`wall`,`gravity`,`contact-id`,`owner-name`,`owner-link`,`owner-avatar`, 
 		`author-name`, `author-link`, `author-avatar`, `created`,
-		`edited`, `changed`, `uri`, `title`, `body`, `location`, `verb`, `allow_cid`, `allow_gid`, `deny_cid`, `deny_gid`)
-		VALUES( %d, '%s', %d, %d, %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s' )",
+		`edited`, `changed`, `uri`, `title`, `body`, `location`, `coord`, `verb`, `allow_cid`, `allow_gid`, `deny_cid`, `deny_gid`)
+		VALUES( %d, '%s', %d, %d, %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s' )",
 		intval($profile_uid),
 		dbesc($post_type),
 		intval($wall),
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 		dbesc($title),
 		dbesc($body),
 		dbesc($location),
+		dbesc($coord),
 		dbesc($verb),
 		dbesc($str_contact_allow),
 		dbesc($str_group_allow),
diff --git a/mod/network.php b/mod/network.php
index 3a747ea..97a82a7 100644
--- a/mod/network.php
+++ b/mod/network.php
@@ -28,9 +28,14 @@ function network_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 		}
 		$_SESSION['return_url'] = $a->cmd;
 
+		$geotag = (($a->user['allow_location']) ? load_view_file('view/jot_geotag.tpl') : '');
+
 		$tpl = load_view_file('view/jot-header.tpl');
 	
-		$a->page['htmlhead'] .= replace_macros($tpl, array('$baseurl' => $a->get_baseurl()));
+		$a->page['htmlhead'] .= replace_macros($tpl, array(
+			'$baseurl' => $a->get_baseurl(),
+			'$geotag' => $geotag
+		));
 
 		require_once('view/acl_selectors.php');
 
@@ -272,6 +277,14 @@ function network_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 			$like    = (($alike[$item['id']]) ? format_like($alike[$item['id']],$alike[$item['id'] . '-l'],'like',$item['id']) : '');
 			$dislike = (($dlike[$item['id']]) ? format_like($dlike[$item['id']],$dlike[$item['id'] . '-l'],'dislike',$item['id']) : '');
 
+			$location = (($item['location']) ? '<a target="map" href="http://maps.google.com/?q=' . urlencode($item['location']) . '">' . $item['location'] . '</a>' : '');
+			$coord = (($item['coord']) ? '<a target="map" href="http://maps.google.com/?q=' . urlencode($item['coord']) . '">' . $item['coord'] . '</a>' : '');
+			if($coord) {
+				if($location)
+					$location .= '<br /><span class="smalltext">(' . $coord . ')</span>';
+				else
+					$location = '<span class="smalltext">' . $coord . '</span>';
+			}
 
 			// Build the HTML
 
@@ -286,7 +299,7 @@ function network_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 				'$body' => bbcode($item['body']),
 				'$ago' => relative_date($item['created']),
 				'$lock' => $lock,
-				'$location' => (($item['location']) ? '<a target="map" href="http://maps.google.com/?q=' . urlencode($item['location']) . '">' . $item['location'] . '</a>' : ''),
+				'$location' => $location,
 				'$indent' => (($item['parent'] != $item['item_id']) ? ' comment' : ''),
 				'$owner_url' => $owner_url,
 				'$owner_photo' => $owner_photo,
diff --git a/mod/profile.php b/mod/profile.php
index 8fa25cd..ed26237 100644
--- a/mod/profile.php
+++ b/mod/profile.php
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ function profile_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	$is_owner = ((local_user()) && (local_user() == $a->profile['profile_uid']) ? true : false);
+
 	if(! $update) {
 		if(x($_GET,'tab'))
 			$tab = notags(trim($_GET['tab']));
@@ -141,9 +143,17 @@ function profile_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 
 		$celeb = ((($a->profile['page-flags'] == PAGE_SOAPBOX) || ($a->profile['page-flags'] == PAGE_COMMUNITY)) ? true : false);
 		if(can_write_wall($a,$a->profile['profile_uid'])) {
+
+
+			$geotag = (($is_owner && $a->profile['allow_location']) ? load_view_file('view/jot_geotag.tpl') : '');
+
 			$tpl = load_view_file('view/jot-header.tpl');
 	
-			$a->page['htmlhead'] .= replace_macros($tpl, array('$baseurl' => $a->get_baseurl()));
+			$a->page['htmlhead'] .= replace_macros($tpl, array(
+				'$baseurl' => $a->get_baseurl(),
+				'$geotag'  => $geotag
+			));
+
 			require_once('view/acl_selectors.php');
 
 			$tpl = load_view_file("view/jot.tpl");
@@ -153,12 +163,12 @@ function profile_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 				$lockstate = 'unlock';
 			$o .= replace_macros($tpl,array(
 				'$baseurl' => $a->get_baseurl(),
-				'$defloc' => (($_SESSION['uid'] == $a->profile['profile_uid']) ? $a->user['default-location'] : ''),
+				'$defloc' => (($is_owner) ? $a->user['default-location'] : ''),
 				'$return_path' => $a->cmd,
-				'$visitor' => (($_SESSION['uid'] == $a->profile['profile_uid']) ? 'block' : 'none'),
+				'$visitor' => (($is_owner) ? 'block' : 'none'),
 				'$lockstate' => $lockstate,
 				'$bang' => '',
-				'$acl' => (($_SESSION['uid'] == $a->profile['profile_uid']) ? populate_acl($a->user, $celeb) : ''),
+				'$acl' => (($is_owner) ? populate_acl($a->user, $celeb) : ''),
 				'$profile_uid' => $a->profile['profile_uid']
 			));
 		}
@@ -173,18 +183,15 @@ function profile_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 
 	}
 
-	// TODO alter registration and settings and profile to update contact table when names and  photos change.  
+	// Construct permissions
 
 	// default permissions - anonymous user
 
 	$sql_extra = " AND `allow_cid` = '' AND `allow_gid` = '' AND `deny_cid` = '' AND `deny_gid` = '' ";
 
-
-
-
 	// Profile owner - everything is visible
 
-	if(local_user() && ($_SESSION['uid'] == $a->profile['profile_uid'])) {
+	if(is_owner) {
 		$sql_extra = ''; 
 		
 		// Oh - while we're here... reset the Unseen messages
@@ -366,7 +373,14 @@ function profile_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 
 			$like    = (($alike[$item['id']]) ? format_like($alike[$item['id']],$alike[$item['id'] . '-l'],'like',$item['id']) : '');
 			$dislike = (($dlike[$item['id']]) ? format_like($dlike[$item['id']],$dlike[$item['id'] . '-l'],'dislike',$item['id']) : '');
-
+			$location = (($item['location']) ? '<a target="map" href="http://maps.google.com/?q=' . urlencode($item['location']) . '">' . $item['location'] . '</a>' : '');
+			$coord = (($item['coord']) ? '<a target="map" href="http://maps.google.com/?q=' . urlencode($item['coord']) . '">' . $item['coord'] . '</a>' : '');
+			if($coord) {
+				if($location)
+					$location .= '<br /><span class="smalltext">(' . $coord . ')</span>';
+				else
+					$location = '<span class="smalltext">' . $coord . '</span>';
+			}
 
 			$o .= replace_macros($template,array(
 				'$id' => $item['item_id'],
@@ -378,7 +392,7 @@ function profile_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 				'$body' => bbcode($item['body']),
 				'$ago' => relative_date($item['created']),
 				'$lock' => $lock,
-				'$location' => (($item['location']) ? '<a target="map" href="http://maps.google.com/?q=' . urlencode($item['location']) . '">' . $item['location'] . '</a>' : ''),
+				'$location' => $location, 
 				'$indent' => (($item['parent'] != $item['item_id']) ? ' comment' : ''),
 				'$drop' => $drop,
 				'$like' => $like,
diff --git a/mod/settings.php b/mod/settings.php
index b453fa8..863da44 100644
--- a/mod/settings.php
+++ b/mod/settings.php
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ function settings_post(&$a) {
 	$timezone         = notags(trim($_POST['timezone']));
 	$defloc           = notags(trim($_POST['defloc']));
 
+	$allow_location   = (($_POST['allow_location'] == 1) ? 1: 0);
 	$publish          = (($_POST['profile_in_directory'] == 1) ? 1: 0);
 	$net_publish      = (($_POST['profile_in_netdirectory'] == 1) ? 1: 0);
 	$old_visibility   = ((intval($_POST['visibility']) == 1) ? 1 : 0);
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ function settings_post(&$a) {
 	$str_group_deny    = perms2str($_POST['group_deny']);
 	$str_contact_deny  = perms2str($_POST['contact_deny']);
 
-	$r = q("UPDATE `user` SET `username` = '%s', `email` = '%s', `timezone` = '%s',  `allow_cid` = '%s', `allow_gid` = '%s', `deny_cid` = '%s', `deny_gid` = '%s', `notify-flags` = %d, `page-flags` = %d, `default-location` = '%s', `theme` = '%s'  WHERE `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+	$r = q("UPDATE `user` SET `username` = '%s', `email` = '%s', `timezone` = '%s',  `allow_cid` = '%s', `allow_gid` = '%s', `deny_cid` = '%s', `deny_gid` = '%s', `notify-flags` = %d, `page-flags` = %d, `default-location` = '%s', `allow_location` = %d, `theme` = '%s'  WHERE `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 			dbesc($username),
 			dbesc($email),
 			dbesc($timezone),
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ function settings_post(&$a) {
 			intval($notify),
 			intval($page_flags),
 			dbesc($defloc),
+			intval($allow_location),
 			dbesc($theme),
 			intval(local_user())
 	);
@@ -208,6 +210,8 @@ function settings_content(&$a) {
 	else
 		$profile_in_net_dir = '';
 
+	$loc_checked = (($a->user['allow_location'] == 1)      ? " checked=\"checked\" " : "");
+
 	$invisible = (((! $profile['publish']) && (! $profile['net-publish']))
 		? true : false);
 
@@ -259,6 +263,7 @@ function settings_content(&$a) {
 		'$timezone' => $timezone,
 		'$zoneselect' => select_timezone($timezone),
 		'$defloc' => $defloc,
+		'$loc_checked' => $loc_checked,
 		'$profile_in_dir' => $profile_in_dir,
 		'$profile_in_net_dir' => $profile_in_net_dir,
 		'$permissions' => t('Default Post Permissions'),
diff --git a/view/atom_feed.tpl b/view/atom_feed.tpl
index da1d53e..142119f 100644
--- a/view/atom_feed.tpl
+++ b/view/atom_feed.tpl
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
       xmlns:at="http://purl.org/atompub/tombstones/1.0"
       xmlns:media="http://purl.org/syndication/atommedia"
       xmlns:dfrn="http://purl.org/macgirvin/dfrn/1.0" 
-      xmlns:as="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" >
+      xmlns:as="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/"
+      xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" >
 
   <id>$feed_id</id>
   <title>$feed_title</title>
diff --git a/view/atom_item.tpl b/view/atom_item.tpl
index 401441e..b26ba2e 100644
--- a/view/atom_item.tpl
+++ b/view/atom_item.tpl
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 		<content type="$type" >$content</content>
 		<link rel="alternate" href="$alt" />
 		<dfrn:location>$location</dfrn:location>
+		<georss:point>$coord</georss:point>
 		<dfrn:comment-allow>$comment_allow</dfrn:comment-allow>
 		<as:verb>$verb</as:verb>
 		$actobj
diff --git a/view/jot-header.tpl b/view/jot-header.tpl
index b07ffb1..bdf0cb6 100644
--- a/view/jot-header.tpl
+++ b/view/jot-header.tpl
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ tinyMCE.init({
 		}
 	}
 
+	$geotag
 
 </script>
 
diff --git a/view/jot.tpl b/view/jot.tpl
index 0dfad3f..363c461 100644
--- a/view/jot.tpl
+++ b/view/jot.tpl
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 		<input type="hidden" name="profile_uid" value="$profile_uid" />
 		<input type="hidden" name="return" value="$return_path" />
 		<input type="hidden" name="location" id="jot-location" value="$defloc" />
+		<input type="hidden" name="coord" id="jot-coord" value="" />
 
 		<textarea rows="5" cols="64" class="profile-jot-text" id="profile-jot-text" name="body" ></textarea>
 
diff --git a/view/settings.tpl b/view/settings.tpl
index e06671d..eeb683c 100644
--- a/view/settings.tpl
+++ b/view/settings.tpl
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ $zoneselect
 </div>
 <div id="settings-defloc-end" ></div>
 
+<div id="settings-allowloc-wrapper" >
+<label id="settings-allowloc-label" for="settings-allowloc" >Use Browser Location: </label>
+<input type="checkbox" name="allow_location" id="settings-allowloc" value="1" $loc_checked />
+</div>
+<div id="settings-allowloc-end" ></div>
+
+
+
 
 <div id="settings-theme-select">
 <label id="settings-theme-label" for="theme-select" >Display Theme: </label>
diff --git a/view/theme/default/style.css b/view/theme/default/style.css
index 237264d..066456e 100644
--- a/view/theme/default/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/default/style.css
@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ blockquote:before {
 	text-decoration: none;
 	cursor: pointer;
 }
-
+.smalltext {
+	font-size: 0.7em;
+}
 #sysmsg {
 	width: 600px;
 	margin-bottom: 10px;
@@ -439,6 +441,7 @@ input#dfrn-url {
 #settings-email-end,
 #settings-nick-end,
 #settings-defloc-end,
+#settings-allowloc-end,
 #settings-timezone-end,
 #settings-theme-end,
 #settings-password-end,
@@ -456,6 +459,7 @@ input#dfrn-url {
 #settings-email-label,
 #settings-nick-label,
 #settings-defloc-label,
+#settings-allowloc-label,
 #settings-timezone-label,
 #settings-theme-label,
 #settings-password-label,
@@ -473,6 +477,7 @@ input#dfrn-url {
 #settings-email,
 #settings-nick,
 #settings-defloc,
+#settings-allowloc,
 #timezone-select,
 #theme-select,
 #settings-password,