# Where on Earth is the Spatial Name System?

*2023-11-01 — note*


Paper on spatial networks on DNS at [HotNets 2023](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3626111.3628210). Ryan Gibb led this work proposing the Spatial Name System (SNS) that extends DNS to support location-based names and resolution mechanisms. The key insight is that the existing Internet architecture lacks proper support for naming physical locations and resolving them to the diverse addressing mechanisms we use beyond IP addresses. By building on DNS infrastructure, SNS enables integration of spatial names into existing applications and opens up exciting possibilities for sensor networks and augmented reality applications. It's a neat piece of work bridging the gap between cyberspace and physical space.

## References

1. Gibb et al (2023). Where on Earth is the Spatial Name System?. ACM. <https://doi.org/10.1145/3626111.3628210>

Synopsis: Paper on spatial name system architecture extending DNS with geographic routing capabilities at HotNets 2023.
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## Related

- [Where on Earth is the Spatial Name System?](https://anil.recoil.org/papers/2023-hotnets-sns) (paper, 2023-11-01)
  Ryan Gibb, Anil Madhavapeddy et al. — Proceedings of the 22nd ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks

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