Twitter acquires GeoAPI
Posted in Apps, Geospatial Technology on December 24th, 2009 by Justin – CommentsJust last month Twitter launched its Geolocation API which allows developers to create application features which use add location information to tweets. It’s no surprise that a plethora of developers have already incorporated the feature into their respective works and Twitter has decided to take advantage of this.
Yesterday on the Twitter blog, the company revealed that it had acquired Mixer Labs, creator of GeoAPI, a database of over 16 million points of interest (and a variety of other tools) that developers can use to add geospatial information to tweets.
Twitter hasn’t revealed the financial terms of the deal.