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The target's tweets have to be retrieved with the use of twitter's API and then for the tweets that include photos, the photos have to be downloaded from the image hosting service in order to analyze the meta-data for GPS information
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Map providers available: :
• Google Maps
• Virtual Maps
• Open Street Maps
Location information retieval from :
• Twitter's tweet location
◦Coordinates when tweet was posted from mobile device
◦Place (geographical name) derived from users ip when posting on twitter's web interface. Place gets translated into coordinates using geonames.com
◦Bounding Box derived from users ip when posting on twitter's web interface.The less accurate source , a corner of the bounding box is selected randomly.
• Geolocation information accessible through image hosting services API
• EXIF tags from the photos posted.
Social networking platforms currently supported :
• Twitter
• Foursquare (only checkins that are posted to twitter)
Image hosting services currently supported :
• flickr - information retrieved from API
• twitpic.com - information retrieved from API and photo exif tags
• yfrog.com - information retrieved from photo exif tags
• img.ly - information retrieved from photo exif tags
• plixi.com - information retrieved from photo exif tags
• twitrpix.com - information retrieved from photo exif tags
• foleext.com - information retrieved from photo exif tags
• shozu.com - information retrieved from photo exif tags
• pickhur.com - information retrieved from photo exif tags
• moby.to - information retrieved from API and photo exif tags
• twitsnaps.com - information retrieved from photo exif tags
• twitgoo.com - information retrieved from photo exif tags
• Automatic caching of retrieved information in order to reduce API calls and the possibility of hiting limit rates.
• GUI with navigateable map for better overview of the accumulated information
• 4 Maps providers (including Google Maps) to use.
• Open locations in Google Maps in your browser
• Export retrieved locations list as kmz (for Google Earth) or csv files.
Handling twitter authentication in an easy way using oAuth. User credentials are not shared with the application.
• User/target search for twitter and flickr.