Map a stream of tweets from location

Map tweets from a place

This is a very simple node-based client demonstrating how you can use the Twitter streaming API with the locations parameter specified. It uses geojson.io to map any tweets it hears within a user-specified duration.

Setup

Before running the map.coffee script, place your app’s OAuth keys in keys.json and run npm install to install dependencies (viz., ntwitter and opener).

Usage

You can optionally specify the place from which the tweets should be coming and the time to listen in seconds:

map.coffee [place] [time]

For example, to map tweets coming from Chicago within the next 5 seconds:

map.coffee chicago 5