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A NIC could serve a new top level domain ".geo"

The hierarchy under that domain could be predefined as
<[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN/LOCODE UN LOCODE]>.<[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2 ISO 3166-2 subdivision]>.<[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code]>.geo
For example:
nyc.ny.us.geo for New York, USA and
cgn.nw.de.geo for Cologne, Germany.

Airports could be listed under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IATA IATA code].airport.geo.

IATA codes and location codes could link conveniently to a map of the region. (e.g. on Google Earth, [http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/98258 Global View] or similar services, possibly based on user preferences). [[Charityware#Firefox_browser|NASA World Wind]] could probably also be used.
On the next level businesses could reserve their own homepages.
All "www" addresses could be reserved as free redirects to the home page of a city, region or airport.

The address "here.geo" could aim to redirect to the appropriate location based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOC_record DNS LOC records] and related information.

An associated volunteer CA could sign [http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Draft-fastenrath-ethics-search-protocol-00#Imprint ESP imprints] (or something similar) for a donation of ten laptops to the [[Special Laptop Program]].

== Service type ==

One could also register businesses according to service type. A service type identifier could then list all businesses of that type: supermarket.nyc.ny.us.geo would list all known supermarkets in New York (with an option to switch between map and list view).

== Schools ==

The Geo NIC could offer free home pages to all schools in developing countries.

[[Category:Fundraising idea]]

Latest revision as of 13:23, 23 January 2011