The data created from tagging tweets with their location can be used in a number of interesting ways, and Twitter’s Visual Insights team has recently used that information to create some terrific visualizations of cities across the globe. Every single dot on the map represents a tweet, and according to Twitter there are billions of them, dating all the way back to 2009. The result is a series of strangely beautiful maps that show just where people are tweeting from. Check out the entire Flickr gallery to see everywhere from Seoul and Sao Paulo to Seattle and Sydney.
Twitter turns geotagged tweets into art
is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories.
Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.
