Want to know what people are saying on Twitter around the world, or even in your local town? Trendsmap offers a really simple and intuitive (yet effective) interface where trending topics are overlaid across Google maps to give you the ability to zoom in and track tweets as they happen. Brilliant. Love it.
Trendsmap has been created by Stateless Systems, a web startup based in Melbourne, Australia and they say it was created by their software engineers benefiting from Twitter’s open data policy, Google Maps and What the Trend, which offers Twitter trends and user generated content explaining why they are happening.
Interesting.
Be interesting to look at how something like tjhis can be used on a micro level to gauge how changes can be implemented in private sector and public organisations. We understand that twitter can be used to help political change (eg recent events in Iran) and also for macro consumer trends across certain age groups. But what about serious change within fundamental structures like health, welfare, local politics etc. Be interesting if anyone has any views on this