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Forums > Windsurfing   Gps and Speed talk

Twitter map

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Created by ginger pom > 9 months ago, 23 Aug 2011
ginger pom
VIC, 1746 posts
23 Aug 2011 8:26AM
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Hello fast people

I've written a site that maps twitter posts onto a global map. If you post #windsurflaunch from your phone (with location turned on) then it will show on this map. The idea is to have a single map that shows the global windsurfing activity.

As the technology-friendly end of the windsurfing fraternity, it would be great if you could try it..

The site is here

accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=jotspot&passive=1209600&continue=https://sites.google.com/site/windsurfmap/&followup=https://sites.google.com/site/windsurfmap/

Any comments then please let me know

Cheers

adamhatfield
NSW, 171 posts
23 Aug 2011 9:21AM
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Great idea, love it.

Similar to an idea in the NSW forum: www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/New-South-Wales/Twitter-idea/

Be good if you could show other hastags on the map as we are starting to use #nswwind for wind reports in nsw.

ginger pom
VIC, 1746 posts
23 Aug 2011 9:43AM
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adamhatfield said...

Great idea, love it.

Similar to an idea in the NSW forum: www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/New-South-Wales/Twitter-idea/

Be good if you could show other hastags on the map as we are starting to use #nswwind for wind reports in nsw.




I can do one with "#WindReport". No point putting NSW in front of it because the map will do that for you.

For #nswwind, there's only one tweet and it's coming from a house in Newcastle. You might want to delete this.

The idea behind the site is that people tweet from the beach (so they don't reveal their home address)

Glitch
QLD, 291 posts
23 Aug 2011 10:22AM
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"World class venue - Port Phillip Bay is home to some of the finest conditions on the globe."
Huh? What have I been missing?
Great idea though.

adamhatfield
NSW, 171 posts
23 Aug 2011 2:09PM
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ginger pom said...


For #nswwind, there's only one tweet and it's coming from a house in Newcastle. You might want to delete this.


Not sure why you only see 1, I see a few tweets here: twitter.com/

Also that tweet you saw was mine, fortunately it picked up the wrong address!

ginger pom
VIC, 1746 posts
23 Aug 2011 8:12PM
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there was only one geolocated tweet...

The map won't show anything that's not got a detailed location on it.

Everyone - feel free to send in some test tweets to see them come up on screen.

I'd like to get an idea this weekend of how likely this is to work... providing it's windy obviously.

ginger pom
VIC, 1746 posts
23 Aug 2011 8:26PM
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It's loads cooler now...

ginger pom
VIC, 1746 posts
24 Aug 2011 8:26PM
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I ran another test today. It's possible to take a picture of the conditions and tweet that too.



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