Comments on: FME International User Conference 2009 – Twitter Time? http://blog.safe.com/2009/06/fme-international-user-conference-2009-twitter-time/ Thoughts on spatial data interoperability from the folks who make it our passion Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:22:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dale Lutz http://blog.safe.com/2009/06/fme-international-user-conference-2009-twitter-time/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Dale Lutz Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:58:21 +0000 http://blog.safe.com/?p=347#comment-110 @Jason -- I'll consider @dale_is_borg. But hey, I just read that <a HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/16/iran.twitter.facebook/index.html?eref=rss_latest" rel="nofollow">the State Department has asked Twitter NOT to shut down<a> for scheduled maintenance. Is it because they want to be sure its there for me when I try for an account later today???? Actually, I forgot entirely to mention the location aspect of Twitter and how I've heard it being used to broadcast spatially located news of rapidly unfolding events, like fires, or uprisings. So the TweetSearcher definitely needs to be made spatially aware, almost a "Querier" in FME parlance... @Jason — I’ll consider @dale_is_borg. But hey, I just read that the State Department has asked Twitter NOT to shut down for scheduled maintenance. Is it because they want to be sure its there for me when I try for an account later today????

Actually, I forgot entirely to mention the location aspect of Twitter and how I’ve heard it being used to broadcast spatially located news of rapidly unfolding events, like fires, or uprisings. So the TweetSearcher definitely needs to be made spatially aware, almost a “Querier” in FME parlance…

]]> By: Jason Birch http://blog.safe.com/2009/06/fme-international-user-conference-2009-twitter-time/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Jason Birch Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:16:50 +0000 http://blog.safe.com/?p=347#comment-108 Can I recommend a username of @dale_is_borg? TweetSearcher should support the "near" syntax. Also need a TwitterProfileFetcher, and make sure to bring back the location field. Can I recommend a username of @dale_is_borg?

TweetSearcher should support the “near” syntax.

Also need a TwitterProfileFetcher, and make sure to bring back the location field.

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