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Friday, August 21. 2009
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Twitter to Add Location Info to Tweets
I guess we knew it was coming. There are numerous ways to automagically add "real time" location to tweets already via third party apps. Now, Biz Stone notes on the Twitter blog the capability will be added to the API, then to the end user interface. By default, it will be "off." The benefits to users? Find tweets locally or follow tweets from an event (concert) or area (earthquake). The benefits to Twitter? $$$ (someday...)
Any word on the technology/platforms that will provide location? No. Anything on the API itelsef? Yes. Twitter lead on the project @rsarver (who joined the company from Skyhook Wireless) posted about the additions to the API and notes data delivery via GeoRSS (nice to hear that!). Why GeoRSS? "We picked the standard because we like the flexibility and the types of geospatial data it can describe."
See also: Brady Forrest's Radar post on the announcement
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