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Geotagging on Twitter
2010-02-05T10:23:59-08:00
<h1>What is Geotagging?</h1>
<p>Twitter's Geotagging feature allows users who opt-in to the service to selectively Geotag their tweets with their <strong>exact location</strong> and provide more context to users about their surroundings. This great new functionality allows you to join into a local conversation and annotate the world around you as you travel from one place to another.</p>
<p>It is important to note that <strong>this functionality is off by default</strong>. You will need to explicitly opt-in to use the functionality. Once you have done that, any app that you use will be able to Geotag your tweet with your exact location. <em>We require application developers to be upfront and obvious about when they are Geotagging an update</em>. If you ever find that an application is doing it without notifying you, please let us know.</p>
<p>Geotagging your tweets will allow you to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Tweet about places and add context to your tweets.</li>
<li>Connect with other users at a local level.</li>
<li>Join the local conversation. </li>
</ul>
<p>Things you should consider:</p>
<ul>
<li>Geotagging uses your exact location.</li>
<li>Anyone can see it: even if you delete it, we cannot guarantee it will be removed from every partner.</li>
<li>Turning it off does not remove historical data. You can, however, remove all of your prior data. </li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<h1>Geotagging FAQ</h1>
<h2>How do I turn on Geotagging for my account?</h2>
<p>Geotaggging is disabled by default for everyone. You can enable it from the Settings>>Account tab as shown below.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><img src="/attachments/token/dykvkoysf1wprhd/?name=geo2-1.png" border="0" alt="geo2-1.png" /></p>
<p>Once you’ve enabled it, applications will be able to geotag a tweet with your exact location. You can always disable it and remove all location history from the Settings page.</p>
<h2>How do I turn off Geotagging for my account?</h2>
<p>If you have already enabled Geotagging, you can disable it (the same way you enabled it) from the Settings>>Account tab (http://twitter.com/account/settings).</p>
<h2>How do I remove location information from a tweet?</h2>
<p>There are two options for removing location data:</p>
<ul>
<li>Delete the tweet</li>
<li>Remove all of your location history by clicking the "delete all location data" button on your settings page. This can take up to 30 minutes, but it will scrub all location information from prior tweets completely. It is good to note, however, that <em>this does not guarantee the information will be removed from all 3rd party application’s copies of the data</em>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Why don't I see anything about the location of the tweet on twitter.com?</h2>
<p>The Geotagging functionality is an API-only release initially which means that you won't see any changes to twitter.com other than the settings page. However, third party app developers can take advantage of the functionality.</p>
<h1>What is Geotagging?</h1>
<p>Twitter's Geotagging feature allows users who opt-in to the service to selectively Geotag their tweets with their <strong>exact location</strong> and provide more context to users about their surroundings. This great new functionality allows you to join into a local conversation and annotate the world around you as you travel from one place to another.</p>
<p>It is important to note that <strong>this functionality is off by default</strong>. You will need to explicitly opt-in to use the functionality. Once you have done that, any app that you use will be able to Geotag your tweet with your exact location. <em>We require application developers to be upfront and obvious about when they are Geotagging an update</em>. If you ever find that an application is doing it without notifying you, please let us know.</p>
<p>Geotagging your tweets will allow you to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Tweet about places and add context to your tweets.</li>
<li>Connect with other users at a local level.</li>
<li>Join the local conversation. </li>
</ul>
<p>Things you should consider:</p>
<ul>
<li>Geotagging uses your exact location.</li>
<li>Anyone can see it: even if you delete it, we cannot guarantee it will be removed from every partner.</li>
<li>Turning it off does not remove historical data. You can, however, remove all of your prior data. </li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<h1>Geotagging FAQ</h1>
<h2>How do I turn on Geotagging for my account?</h2>
<p>Geotaggging is disabled by default for everyone. You can enable it from the Settings>>Account tab as shown below.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><img src="/attachments/token/dykvkoysf1wprhd/?name=geo2-1.png" border="0" alt="geo2-1.png" /></p>
<p>Once you’ve enabled it, applications will be able to geotag a tweet with your exact location. You can always disable it and remove all location history from the Settings page.</p>
<h2>How do I turn off Geotagging for my account?</h2>
<p>If you have already enabled Geotagging, you can disable it (the same way you enabled it) from the Settings>>Account tab (<a href="http://twitter.com/account/settings">http://twitter.com/account/settings</a>).</p>
<h2>How do I remove location information from a tweet?</h2>
<p>There are two options for removing location data:</p>
<ul>
<li>Delete the tweet</li>
<li>Remove all of your location history by clicking the "delete all location data" button on your settings page. This can take up to 30 minutes, but it will scrub all location information from prior tweets completely. It is good to note, however, that <em>this does not guarantee the information will be removed from all 3rd party application’s copies of the data</em>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Why don't I see anything about the location of the tweet on twitter.com?</h2>
<p>The Geotagging functionality is an API-only release initially which means that you won't see any changes to twitter.com other than the settings page. However, third party app developers can take advantage of the functionality.</p>
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