The New York Times today outlines the developments on the microblogging service Twitter to clarify the geographic origins of Tweets and locations of Tweeps.
There are implications for gathering and distributing content: searches can focus on people in particular areas, news organizations can enlist crowdsourced content, among other things.
"Improvements like geolocation have the potential to make the Internet suddenly relevant to society as it is lived, not just relevant to what happens online," writes Noam Cohen.
Having said that, Cohen also notes the necessity for opting-in features to permit privacy.
There are implications for gathering and distributing content: searches can focus on people in particular areas, news organizations can enlist crowdsourced content, among other things.
"Improvements like geolocation have the potential to make the Internet suddenly relevant to society as it is lived, not just relevant to what happens online," writes Noam Cohen.
Having said that, Cohen also notes the necessity for opting-in features to permit privacy.
