Mashup: 2011 March Madness Twitter Heatmap
This mashup visualizes Twitter data collected during the 2011 NCAA basketball tournament using the Twitter Streaming API. For each matchup in the bracket, the map lights up one team's colors based on the amount of tweets recieved at each location. Send a geotagged tweet to support your favorite team!
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