GeofeediaA social media search by location tool
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Why is it?• Geofeedia is a location-based search tool that allows
journalists to aggregate publicly shared social media• Data sources = Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, and Picasa• Content comes from GPS-enabled smartphone and digital
photos with coordinates embedded in image file• Search area can be as large as a city, as small as a building
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How to search• Type in specific address, city or zip code to have map take you
exactly where you want to go• Type in a city or zip code to get to a general area and further
define map via zooming and scrolling to specific location• Type in place name (ie. The White House, Yankee Stadium)
and Geofeedia will search list of pre-drawn polygons
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Search by place name• Searched for “The White House”
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Search by city• Searched for “York, Pa.”
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Search by address• Searched for 1891 Loucks Road, York, Pa.
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Sharing options
• Storify• Twitter• Pinterest• Facebook• StumbleUpon• Email• Blogger• Tumblr• And more
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Uses: Breaking News• Boston Bombing
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Uses: Breaking news• Hurricane Sandy
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Uses: Breaking news• Empire State Building shooting
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Uses: Breaking news • Found photos of local barn fire
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Events: National/World• Award shows (Emmys, Grammys, Oscars, Golden Globes, etc.)• Sporting events (Olympics, Super Bowl)• Conventions (New York Comic Con)• Elections• Etc.
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Uses: Local events• Concerts• Fairs• Car shows• Graduations• Tailgating• Sporting events• Parades• Etc.
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Sporting events
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Concerts
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High school graduations• You can’t cover all high school graduations, so why not curate
via Geofeedia
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Local elections• Think outside the box
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Farm show• When you do find cool photos, you can ask permission to use
in print. People usually say yes.
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Re-enactments• Gettysburg re-enactment (Big one coming up this year.)
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Marry content• Slideshows• Pinterest boards• Etc.
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Create RSS feeds
• Create a feed so folks can follow• State that it is a raw feed • I usually create RSS feeds for the venues I’m curating (ie.
Gettysburg Battlefield)• I often do separate feeds for tweets, photos, videos• Feed is embeddable on website or blog
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For more• Check out some of my geofeeds:
http://www.yorkblog.com/buffy/geofeeds/• Quick tutorial:
http://www.yorkblog.com/buffy/2012/06/14/mobile-media-lab-tutorial-geofeedia/
• Tutorial on creating feeds: http://www.yorkblog.com/buffy/7364-2 Bu
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Contact
Buffy AndrewsAssistant Managing EditorFeatures and Niche PubsSocial Media Coordinator
York Daily Record Email: Buffy@ydrcomPhone: 717-771-2052
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