The twiiter api docs is missing http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/web/api-documentation
but In the XML that you can get from twitter there is a <loction> tag. It would be neat if twitter allowed you to modify the contents of this tag when you send a message. and thanks to Andrew Turner's recent tweet you can in fact do this: http://www.sarver.org/2008/04/23/twitter-adds-profile-geolocation-api/ On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 16:42 -0700, Brandon Martin-Anderson wrote: > In the case of coordinates you're going to want to specify the > projection so > > l:epsg,minx,miny,maxx,maxy oh crap we've done it again and crufted up > a minimalist protocol > > --==-- > > Seriously though I propose ">location" where "location" is a name in > your personal namespace or an absolute coordinate. Locations in other > uses's namespaces are referred to as "@user>home". hash-tags can have > namespaces too so "#wherecamp>cafeteria" means something. Locations > for yourself are read/write, users are read-only, and locations for > hashtags are read/write. You can import locations from other > namespaces or from an absolute coordinate system with > "@self>[EMAIL PROTECTED]>location". > > To set the meaning of "office" in the namespace "officenomads", import > that location into my own namespace as "work" and then set my location > to "work" > > #officenomads>office=1617 Boylston Ave,Seattle > @ewedistrict>work=#officenomads>office > >work > > This would work too: > > #officenomads>office=1617 Boylston Ave,Seattle > >#officenomads>office > > Or simply > > >1617 Boylston Ave,Seattle > > Oh nevermind this is all too silly > > -Brandon > > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Kristian Thy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 23, Sean Gillies wrote: > > > L:Placename: or L:lon, lat: > > > > > And if you were very large and polygonal, would you use GML > or GeoJSON? > > > Since twitter is rather informal, wouldn't a bbox do? > > L:minx,miny,maxx,maxy :) > > \\kristian > -- > ... et nemo ex vobis interrogat me: »Quo vadis?« > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking > > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
