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With the activation of the long-awaited Geolocation API yesterday, Twitter has opened up the possibilities for developers. Now any location based dataset can be tied to a new dataset of tweets to provide information, updates, or reminders on the fly. RedWriteWeb discusses the development and provides some possible use cases:

“Party Over Here” Bot: Automated Geo-Replies

Want to know when you’re near a certain type of public event, great wine shops or deals at Macy’s? How about when friends, close friends or friends-of-friends are near? It’s not hard to imagine a bot that you subscribe to on Twitter, that then auto-subscribes to you, notices when you “check in” at a new location and automatically sends you a reply when whatever or whomever you’re interested in is near that location.

How about a bot you can Tweet “@whereami” to and that @’s you back with a link or stats about the location you’re in: nearby restaurant reviews, notable landmarks, crime rates, apartments for rent. Talk about augmented reality!

There are all kinds of bots built on Twitter already, but one that can mash-up your physical location with its data store is going to be a lot more useful than a bot that tells you when a sensor noticed your plants need to be watered.

Other use cases that ReadWriteWeb profiles include:

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• Cop Watcher
• Inventory Forecast
• Politics & Marketing
• Flu Trends+

Read more at ReadWriteWeb.com.