Yes, I think this helps, but perhaps I should be more specific. I'm not
actually interested in current or streaming tweets. I'm trying to extract
data from an event from last year and all the social media content related
to that. Is it possible to do this for feeds that happened last year, for
example choosing a specific date range for a specific location and
exporting that those tweets, feeds etc.? What format will this produce?
Excel table?
On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 7:43 PM, Chris Martin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Extracting data from Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, etc. isn't terribly
> complicated. However, a few things need to be done that require a bit of
> coding knowledge or reading up.
>
> Basically you want to use an API call to return a JSON object. You will
> also need an API authorization key that gets sent with the call. All three
> of the APIs I mentioned previously offer a free API key. If you aren't
> familiar with a JSON object I would suggest reading up on it as it is a
> fantastic format to quickly pass information. Here is an example JSON
> object (geoJSON).
>
> { "type": "FeatureCollection",
> "features": [
> { "type": "Feature",
> "geometry": {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [102.0, 0.5]},
> "properties": {"prop0": "value0"}
> },
> { "type": "Feature",
> "geometry": {
> "type": "LineString",
> "coordinates": [
> [102.0, 0.0], [103.0, 1.0], [104.0, 0.0], [105.0, 1.0]
> ]
> },
> "properties": {
> "prop0": "value0",
> "prop1": 0.0
> }
> },
> { "type": "Feature",
> "geometry": {
> "type": "Polygon",
> "coordinates": [
> [ [100.0, 0.0], [101.0, 0.0], [101.0, 1.0],
> [100.0, 1.0], [100.0, 0.0] ]
> ]
> },
> "properties": {
> "prop0": "value0",
> "prop1": {"this": "that"}
> }
> }
> ]
> }
>
> If you look closely, you will see there is an entry called
> "FeatureCollection". Within FeatureCollection are three "Feature"s. Each
> Feature has "geometry" and "properties." Geometry contains the "type" and
> "coordinates" used to draw the feature. Properties contain a few key/value
> pairs but this is where you'd often find the equivalent of your attributes
> (i.e. "UserID": "regularUser"). JSON can contain any information you'd
> like to include. I use it to visualize various metadata standards and I've
> created my own JSON for each.
>
> As I mentioned previously, the call to the API will return a JSON object.
> You will need to look through it for the information you need. The object
> should contain coordinates that can then be added to any mapping
> software/application.
>
> Feel free to email me with specific questions if you'd like.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 4:29 PM, LB Byers <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> I was wondering if anyone has had any experience extracting data from
>> social media apps like instragram and putting in into a table or map in
>> ArcMap?
>>
>> I've looked into API sites, but without much coding experience, I wasn't
>> sure how to use them.
>>
>> Any suggestions or ideas would help.
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