Twitter traffic is reaching such huge volume it is becoming statistically accurate and contains so much real-time data that it is becoming relevant. Like a survey, the larger the sample the more accurate the conclusions, so if 500 Twitterer's are giving real time information about a large-scale event the cumulative data can prove very precise.
This new source of data and it's accurary have not gone unnoticed by California authorities who used it to track the recent brush fires in real time. The…
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Posted on November 20, 2008 at 4:41pm — 8 Comments
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