We're all familiar with the gorgeous photos of Earth at night, but what if our world was lit up by information instead of lightbulbs? Developer Franck Ernewein has done just that with Tweet ping, a website that displays tweets as they're posted in real time across the world. The site isn't necessarily an informational tool: it's more of a lean-back, enjoy the action sort of experience. After you open the webpage, public geolocated tweets are streamed in using Twitter's Streaming APIs, and a dot is placed on the map. These dots accumulate while you keep your browser window open, and charts on the bottom of the screen provide some information on how many tweets have come and gone in each region during that period. It's important to note...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/1/3942050/tweet-ping-maps-tweets-in-real-time
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