Wherecamp Lightningtalk - GeoMining Social Media

Weird Things We Can Implicitly Mine from the Web

5 Million Tweets

Tweets by CountyTweets by County

Courtesy of Peter Skomroch and Kevin Weill

Tea Party TweetsTea Party Tweets

Courtesy of Peter Skomroch and Kevin Weill

Colbert TweetsColbert Tweets

Courtesy of Peter Skomroch and Kevin Weill

260,000 Locations with 500 Million Google UGC Place Marks

The Map of AnglicanThe Map of Anglican

The Map of LuthernThe Map of Luthern

The Map of CatholicThe Map of Catholic

The Map of AtheistThe Map of Atheist

The Map of ScientologyThe Map of Scientology

The Map of ZoroastrianismThe Map of Zoroastrianism

American Religious DiasporaAmerican Religious Diaspora

The Beer Belly of AmericaThe Beer Belly of America

What Happens When We Correlate with the Real World

400 Million Facebook Users

What Happens We Apply it to Stuff that Matters

Ushahidi and Road Density During the Chile EarthquakeUshahidi and Road Density During the Chile Earthquake