Twitter mapped out: Tool brings tweets to light

On the Tweetping website, each tweet is visualised with a light pixel on a world map. The result is a constantly changing image that looks like a night-time satellite shot. The tool also includes tracking features such as a live tweet counter for each continent and hashtag filters.

Tweetping is initially designed as a tool for people to lean back and enjoy the experience, but brands are also using live feeds to promote customer purchases. Examples include Net-A-Porter’s live feed, which visualises purchases and drives new sales.

Find out more about how consumers are interacting in new ways through data visualisation in our Dawn of the Mega-systems presentation at our forthcoming Trend Briefing.