Between Social Media and GIS:Mapping History, Revolutions, and Catastrophe
Todd Samuel PresnerProfessor, Germanic Languages and Comparative LiteratureChair, Digital Humanities ProgramFounder and Director, HyperCities (http://www.hypercities.com)University of California Los Angeles
Yoh KawanoCampus GIS Coordinator, Institute for Digital Research and EducationLecturer, Urban Planning and Public PolicyUniversity of California Los Angeles
Hypercities Now
2004 Before mash-ups
2011 After mash-ups
#311care#311care
#j_j_help#j_j_help
#hinan#hinan
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30 days that Hypercities archived tweets from Sendai
689,054 tweets
83% retweets
2.6% geotagged tweets