diff --git a/db/statusnet.sql b/db/statusnet.sql
index dfcddb643c..1524d83957 100644
--- a/db/statusnet.sql
+++ b/db/statusnet.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* local and remote users have profiles */
 
 create table profile (
+
     id integer auto_increment primary key comment 'unique identifier',
     nickname varchar(64) not null comment 'nickname or username',
     fullname varchar(255) comment 'display name',
@@ -8,6 +9,11 @@ create table profile (
     homepage varchar(255) comment 'identifying URL',
     bio text comment 'descriptive biography',
     location varchar(255) comment 'physical location',
+    lat decimal(10,7) comment 'latitude',
+    lon decimal(10,7) comment 'longitude',
+    location_id integer comment 'location id if possible',
+    location_ns integer comment 'namespace for location',
+
     created datetime not null comment 'date this record was created',
     modified timestamp comment 'date this record was modified',
 
@@ -119,6 +125,10 @@ create table notice (
     is_local tinyint default 0 comment 'notice was generated by a user',
     source varchar(32) comment 'source of comment, like "web", "im", or "clientname"',
     conversation integer comment 'id of root notice in this conversation' references notice (id),
+    lat decimal(10,7) comment 'latitude',
+    lon decimal(10,7) comment 'longitude',
+    location_id integer comment 'location id if possible',
+    location_ns integer comment 'namespace for location',
 
     index notice_profile_id_idx (profile_id),
     index notice_conversation_idx (conversation),
@@ -556,3 +566,12 @@ create table user_role (
     constraint primary key (user_id, role)
 
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;
+
+create table location_namespace (
+
+    id integer primary key comment 'identity for this namespace',
+    description varchar(255) comment 'description of the namespace',
+    created datetime not null comment 'date the record was created',
+    modified timestamp comment 'date this record was modified'
+
+) ENGINE=InnoDB CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;