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Valid Location Setting Examples
The following strings are examples of how you can correctly set your location and use personal location definitions on Twittervision and Twittermap using Twitter updates. Personal locations can be defined using the format L:place=address, where place can be any easy-to-remember word.

going to l:home, then to bed
l:arvada, co for now
l:work, for now
l: bar=500 nyals st, chicago
l:work=123 main st, annapolis, md
l: school=320 smith st, columbus, ga: ok?
will it find me in l:nyc?
l:80201
l:disneyland
l:200 Broad St, Philadelphia, PA
going to the l:office
back l:home for some rest, finally
just arriving at l:work, hoping it won't be a crazy day
never to early to go to the l:bar! meet you there
sigh -- l:124 main st, 80303: but wishing I was at home
l:304 Samuels Rd, Newton, WV: through thursday
no time right now l: fiske st, toronto: party tonight anyone?
now going to L:school, wich stinks
You do not have to define personal locations (say for a short trip), but can instead update your location to any geocodable location using the format L:address. You can also separate location-setting from the rest of your message with an additional comment.

For you tech types, the valid supported syntaxes are:

L:place=address[:]store a personal location
L:place[:]set a stored personal location as current location
L:address[:]set an arbitrary location as current location
Note:

  • place may be one or more words; one word is preferred.
  • address may be any geocodable location. Use Twittermap search to search on a location before specifying it in an L: tag if you are not sure it is valid.
  • L: is case insensitive, so you can use l: too
Invalid Location Setting Examples
Here are some examples of invalid location strings. They are invalid because the parser cant distinguish between the location and the rest of the message. These could be made valid by using the optional ending colon (:) to terminate the location information.

sigh -- l:124 main st, 80303 but wishing I was at home
l:304 Samuels Rd, Newton, WV through thursday
l: moms=4350 Torque Terrace, Omaha, NE -- not where I want to be
no time right now l: fiske st, toronto party tonight anyone?
back to work in l:detroit for now