It wouldn't be part of the EULA that you'd need to sign, it would be the only practical way to get the data on the current system.
Streaming doesn't have a way to search on user-reported location in the profile, but you can do this with the near: parameter in search. There are clear use cases for this functionality, demonstrated by the popularity of this search feature. I wouldn't be so confident in Geo Tagging uptake. I can geo tag all of my tweets, yet I only do when it would add to the content. On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 12:38 AM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <zzn...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Jan 18, 8:03 pm, John Kalucki <j...@twitter.com> wrote: > > 3) You should have two accounts (and thus streams) at elevated access > > levels, one for follow and one for track, that perform the bulk of your > > work. You should also use two accounts at default access level for follow > > and track to find recent deltas without disrupting your main streams too > > often. Once the default streams are "full", you'll have to cycle the main > > streams. > > So that's four accounts? Is that part of the EULA we'd need to sign - > that we'll have four connections open? > > > 5) You can use the geo tag feature, but the volume is so low. We don't > have > > a feature in the Streaming API that allows selecting statuses by the > > self-reported profile information yet. > > Is that in the works? I'm not sure I can think of a use case for it, > given that the marketing analytics folks are going to be going all out > to encourage at least smart-phone users to enable automatic > geotagging. For lower-frequency / lower-accuracy use cases, I'm pretty > sure I can build a list of people who are based in PDX without > resorting to high-powered technologies. Especially once I get 1500 > REST API calls per hour with oAuth. ;-) > > The non-profits are also interested in promoting geotagging. I was in > a meeting on the subject last Tuesday. (some of the slides are at > http://maps2.humaninet.org/2010/01/18/january-12th-mapping-presentations/ > ). > In short, I think geotagging is going to grow as fast as smart-phones > and other location-aware Twitter clients grow. (As an aside, those in > the meeting were unaware that the earthquake in Haiti had happened > during the meeting.) > > -- > M. Edward (Ed) Borasky > http://borasky-research.net/smart-at-znmeb > > I've never met a happy clam. In fact, most of them were pretty > steamed. > >