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Re:Tweetmap - Animated maps of real-time tweets using contig... by oriste on Wednesday February 06, 2013 @06:37AM (#5175885)
Aha. So you're saying we can't compare e.g. the tweet volumes of the UK or France with Russia based on the size of the country as depicted on your map? BTW Canada and Greenland seem out of proportion as well. But regardless, I've been hooked on this map since I found out about it this morning. Fascinating.
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Re:Tweetmap - Animated maps of real-time tweets using contig... by robhawkes on Wednesday February 06, 2013 @07:04AM (#5175941)
Effectively, yes. Just because a country is bigger / smaller than another doesn't mean that you can draw immediate conclusions about the relationship between those countries. A bloated country basically means that it's sending proportionately more global tweets than it's geographic area would suggest.
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