[LINK] twitter geotag

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

'Think Globally, Tweet Locally'   Thursday, November 19, 2009

 http://blog.twitter.com/2009/11/think-globally-tweet-locally.html


In August we (Twitter) announced that we were working on a new API that 
would provide developers with the ability to geotag tweets. 

Today, the Geotagging API is officially available.

This release is unique in that it's API-only which means you won't see 
any changes on twitter.com, yet. 

Instead, Twitter applications like Birdfeed, Seesmic Web, Foursquare, 
Gowalla, Twidroid, Twittelator Pro and others are already supporting this 
new functionality (go try them out now!) in interesting ways that include 
geotagging your tweets and displaying the location from where a tweet was 
posted. 

The added information provides valuable context when reading your friends 
tweets and allows you to better focus in on local conversations. 

Now you can find out what live music is playing right now in your 
neighborhood or what people visiting Checkpoint Charlie are saying today 
about the anniversary of the Berlin Wall. 

These are only the beginning and we are really looking forward to seeing 
the creative uses emerge from the developer community.

It's important to note geotagging is disabled by default for all users 
which means you will need to opt-in in order to use it. 

To activate the new geotagging functionality, go to your Settings page 
and click "Enable Geotagging". posted by (Twitter) @rsarver at 1:48 PM

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Btw, methinks *API historical location data* might become problematic.

For example, http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Geotagging-API-Best-Practices

Cheers,
Stephen