diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index 1809f4703..af1ec630f 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `user` (
   `nickname` char(255) NOT NULL,
   `email` char(255) NOT NULL,
   `timezone` char(128) NOT NULL,
+  `default-location` char(255) NOT NULL,
   `theme` char(255) NOT NULL,
   `pubkey` text NOT NULL,
   `prvkey` text NOT NULL,
diff --git a/images/globe.gif b/images/globe.gif
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f17c5d32
Binary files /dev/null and b/images/globe.gif differ
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 74809583c..aeb89892e 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ function get_feed_for(&$a,$dfrn_id,$owner_id,$last_update) {
 					'$title' => xmlify($item['title']),
 					'$published' => xmlify(datetime_convert('UTC', 'UTC', $item['created'] . '+00:00' , 'Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z')),
 					'$updated' => xmlify(datetime_convert('UTC', 'UTC', $item['edited'] . '+00:00' , 'Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z')),
-					'$content' =>xmlify($item['body']),
+					'$location' => xmlify($item['location']),
+					'$content' => xmlify($item['body']),
 					'$comment_allow' => (($item['last-child'] && strlen($contact['dfrn-id'])) ? 1 : 0)
 				));
 			}
@@ -174,6 +175,11 @@ function get_atom_elements($item) {
 	if($rawcreated)
 		$res['created'] = unxmlify($rawcreated[0]['data']);
 
+	$rawlocation = $item->get_item_tags('http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/', 'place');
+	if($rawlocation)
+		$res['location'] = unxmlify($rawlocation[0]['data']);
+
+
 	$rawedited = $item->get_item_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ATOM_10,'updated');
 	if($rawedited)
 		$res['edited'] = unxmlify($rawcreated[0]['data']);
@@ -204,6 +210,7 @@ function post_remote($a,$arr) {
 	$arr['created'] = datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$arr['created'],'Y-m-d H:i:s');
 	$arr['edited'] = datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$arr['edited'],'Y-m-d H:i:s');
 	$arr['title'] = notags(trim($arr['title']));
+	$arr['location'] = notags(trim($arr['location']));
 	$arr['body'] = escape_tags(trim($arr['body']));
 	$arr['last-child'] = intval($arr['last-child']);
 	$arr['visible'] = 1;
@@ -213,7 +220,7 @@ function post_remote($a,$arr) {
 	$parent_id = 0;
 
 	dbesc_array($arr);
-//dbg(3);
+
 	$r = q("INSERT INTO `item` (`" 
 			. implode("`, `", array_keys($arr)) 
 			. "`) VALUES ('" 
diff --git a/include/notifier.php b/include/notifier.php
index ff18dd9b4..d00ef54f4 100644
--- a/include/notifier.php
+++ b/include/notifier.php
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 							$item['created'] . '+00:00' , 'Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z')),
 						'$updated' => xmlify(datetime_convert('UTC', 'UTC', 
 							$item['edited'] . '+00:00' , 'Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z')),
-						'$content' =>xmlify($item['body']),
+						'$content' => xmlify($item['body']),
 						'$parent_id' => xmlify($item['parent-uri']),
 						'$comment_allow' => 0
 					));
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@
 										$item['created'] . '+00:00' , 'Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z')),
 									'$updated' => xmlify(datetime_convert('UTC', 'UTC', 
 										$item['edited'] . '+00:00' , 'Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z')),
+									'$location' => xmlify($item['location']),
 									'$content' =>xmlify($item['body']),
 									'$comment_allow' => (($item['last-child'] && strlen($contact['dfrn-id'])) ? 1 : 0)
 								));
diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index c658a871d..5b81f13ee 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 
 	$title = notags(trim($_POST['title']));
 	$body = escape_tags(trim($_POST['body']));
+	$location = notags(trim($_POST['location']));
 
 	if(! strlen($body)) {
 		notice( t('Empty post discarded.') . EOL );
@@ -142,8 +143,8 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 
 	$r = q("INSERT INTO `item` (`uid`,`type`,`contact-id`,`owner-name`,`owner-link`,`owner-avatar`, 
 		`author-name`, `author-link`, `author-avatar`, `created`,
-		`edited`, `uri`, `title`, `body`, `allow_cid`, `allow_gid`, `deny_cid`, `deny_gid`)
-		VALUES( %d, '%s', %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s' )",
+		`edited`, `uri`, `title`, `body`, `location`, `allow_cid`, `allow_gid`, `deny_cid`, `deny_gid`)
+		VALUES( %d, '%s', %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s' )",
 		intval($profile_uid),
 		dbesc($post_type),
 		intval($contact_id),
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 		dbesc($uri),
 		dbesc($title),
 		dbesc($body),
+		dbesc($location),
 		dbesc($str_contact_allow),
 		dbesc($str_group_allow),
 		dbesc($str_contact_deny),
diff --git a/view/atom_feed.tpl b/view/atom_feed.tpl
index fc2816ef9..b77b14646 100644
--- a/view/atom_feed.tpl
+++ b/view/atom_feed.tpl
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 <feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
       xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0"
       xmlns:at="http://purl.org/atompub/tombstones/1.0"
-      xmlns:dfrn="http://purl.org/macgirvin/dfrn/1.0" >
+      xmlns:dfrn="http://purl.org/macgirvin/dfrn/1.0" 
+      xmlns:as="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" >
 
   <id>$feed_id</id>
   <title>$feed_title</title>
diff --git a/view/atom_item.tpl b/view/atom_item.tpl
index 16581fc89..99b18e05f 100644
--- a/view/atom_item.tpl
+++ b/view/atom_item.tpl
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@
 		<published>$published</published>
 		<updated>$updated</updated>
 		<content>$content</content>
+		<as:place>$location</as:place>
 		<dfrn:comment-allow>$comment_allow</dfrn:comment-allow>
 	</entry>
diff --git a/view/jot-header.tpl b/view/jot-header.tpl
index b13a324bb..39f8adc6e 100644
--- a/view/jot-header.tpl
+++ b/view/jot-header.tpl
@@ -80,6 +80,14 @@ tinyMCE.init({
 		}
 	}
 
+	function jotGetLocation() {
+		reply = prompt("Where are you right now?");
+		if(reply && reply.length) {
+			$('#jot-location').val(reply);
+		}
+	}
+
+
 	function linkdropper(event) {
 		var linkFound = event.dataTransfer.types.contains("text/uri-list");
 		if(linkFound)
diff --git a/view/jot.tpl b/view/jot.tpl
index 481ab125b..5ceb79503 100644
--- a/view/jot.tpl
+++ b/view/jot.tpl
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 <input type="hidden" name="type" value="wall" />
 <input type="hidden" name="profile_uid" value="$profile_uid" />
 <input type="hidden" name="return" value="$return_path" />
+<input type="hidden" name="location" id="jot-location" value="" />
 
 <textarea rows="5" cols="64" class="profile-jot-text" id="profile-jot-text" name="body" ></textarea>
 
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@
 	<div id="profile-youtube-wrapper" style="display: $visitor;" >
 		<img id="profile-video" src="images/youtube_icon.gif" alt="Insert YouTube video" title="Insert YouTube video" onclick="jotGetVideo();" />
 	</div> 
+	<div id="profile-location-wrapper" style="display: $visitor;" >
+		<img id="profile-location" src="images/globe.gif" alt="Set your location" title="Set your lcoation" onclick="jotGetLocation();" />
+	</div> 
 	<div id="profile-rotator-wrapper" style="display: $visitor;" >
 		<img id="profile-rotator" src="images/rotator.gif" alt="Please wait" title="Please wait" style="display: none;" />
 	</div> 
diff --git a/view/theme/default/style.css b/view/theme/default/style.css
index 872fb1f61..57d2888f4 100644
--- a/view/theme/default/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/default/style.css
@@ -720,10 +720,14 @@ input#dfrn-url {
 	float: left;
 	margin-left: 20px;
 }
+#profile-location-wrapper {
+	float: left;
+	margin-left: 20px;
+}
 
 #profile-jot-perms {
 	float: left;
-	margin-left: 250px;
+	margin-left: 200px;
 }
 
 #profile-jot-perms-end {