Twitter Working on Adding Location

Twitter is working on adding location to tweets:

We’re gearing up to launch a new feature which makes Twitter truly location-aware. A new API will allow developers to add latitude and longitude to any tweet. Folks will need to activate this new feature by choice because it will be off by default and the exact location data won’t be stored for an extended period of time. However, if people do opt in to sharing location on a tweet-by-tweet basis, compelling context will be added to each burst of information.

I don’t know where they’re going to find the room for geotags in 140 characters or less …

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Posted on Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 7:35 PM
Categories: Geolocation Services, Geotagging

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[TypeKey Profile Page] Jeff Carroll:

iPhone Tweetie has been geotagging posts all along, with a 20-character bit.ly URL.

August 22, 2009 at 5:30 PM

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