About AirspaceRegistry.org

AirspaceRegistry.org is a community-driven initiative focused on helping individuals, businesses, communities, and future technologies work together responsibly in the real world.

As drones, augmented reality, spatial computing, and autonomous systems increasingly interact with physical locations, there is a growing need for a neutral, publicly accessible registry where communities can express location and airspace preferences and where future technology platforms can voluntarily reference those preferences.

Our mission is simple: provide a common foundation where individuals, businesses, and communities can register locations and communicate information that may become valuable for future conflict resolution, privacy considerations, operational coordination, and potential monetization opportunities associated with emerging technologies.

We believe the next major computing platform extends beyond websites and mobile applications and into the physical world itself. Just as the Domain Name System became foundational infrastructure for organizing and locating information on the internet, future spatial technologies may benefit from a common framework for organizing information about real-world locations and airspace preferences.

The need for a location and airspace preference registry exists regardless of any individual company or technology provider. As spatial technologies mature, there will likely be increasing demand for reliable, verifiable location information that can be referenced by augmented reality platforms, drone operators, delivery systems, and future autonomous technologies through open standards and APIs.

We envision a future in which individuals, businesses, communities, technology companies, and operators work together through open communication and shared data standards to support responsible innovation. AirspaceRegistry.org exists to help begin that conversation and to provide an accessible mechanism for communities to participate in shaping the future of real-world airspace and location-based technologies.

Whether the future involves privacy preferences, operational coordination, dispute avoidance, or entirely new economic opportunities associated with real-world locations and airspace interactions, communities deserve a way to participate and have their preferences represented.

Origins & intellectual property

The project was initiated by the holder of an issued United States patent and multiple pending patent applications relating to spatial rights registration and management systems for augmented reality and unmanned aerial vehicles. These patents do not define the mission of the registry. Rather, they reflect years of research and development devoted to understanding the challenges associated with managing technology interactions over real-world locations and airspace, and they provide technical experience and a starting framework for advancing this community effort.