Bing maps recently added the ability to add custom Twitter feeds into their maps, it’s called Bing Twitter maps. The map uses Silverlight 3 by default, but the nice part about it is this: If you don’t have Silverlight installed, the map falls back to plain Javascript, which is recognized by all web browsers. I took Microsoft up on their offer and plugged my Twitter feed into their maps. The code is super easy to implement and add to your own site.
HTML code:
<iframe src=”http://www.bing.com/twitter/maps/embed?version=1.0&eid=769766769&user=exposedelements” width=”600″ height=”400″ scrolling=”no” frameborder=”0″></iframe>
This demo shows my Twitter feed and Bing maps.
How about you?
I’d love to hear from you if you are using the Bing maps API; go ahead and post your links in the comments section.
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we are using the Bing Twitter maps for mobile support in our professional land surveyor network with hashtag #LSUfield so when surveyors are out in the field and need support they can find it from other members of the network
@vasudevg has kindly reminded me via Twitter of course that your tweet must be geo-tagged in order for the Bing maps API to recognize it.
thanks for keeping me straight @vasudevg