Oh my gosh, what an amazing thing. Trendsmap is incredible.
What does it do? Shows trending words / topics on Twitter on a map. Simple.
The truth of Twitter applications and services is that there are so many out there I don’t keep track of them. But Trendsmap stopped me in my tracks.
Things I learned in five minutes that speak to why this is such a wonderful tool:
What everyone is talking about on Sunday in the UK (roasts and Chelsea feature large). 
Simulataneously, in LA where I’m at for part of today, people are still thinking about breakfast and discussing rumours about Maya Angelou’s health (it was just a rumour she’s fine).
If the geo-location is accurate then it seems like Twitter is something you use in the north of the city – nothing is trending in the poor neighbourhood of Compton, for instance…
Zooming out I can start to see where Twitter is being used a lot in the world and where not (African Tweeting is largely limited to South Africa, South American Tweeting is a Brazillian thing…).
In Iran they are tweeting about protests and nukes…
You can also track topics globally – the hot topic of Glasto tickets for next year in the UK is attracting a wee bit of interest elsewhere too…
Hats off the Trendsmap – this looks like a massively interesting and useful way to make sense of real-time Twitter conversations.
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