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Worldwide Metaphor Maps

Chris Reade's Metropho.rs Tracks International Country Comparisons

— September 30, 2013 — Social Media
Chris Reade is the man behind metropho.rs, a website that maps tweets based on city metaphors used on Twitter. For example: Someone tweets, "California is the Italy of the United States." Reade's map is able to search up to 1,200 places all over the world and is constantly growing. So far, the results have been interesting, to say the least.

You may not know this, but India is apparently the Indiana of Asia and Saudi Arabia is the Texas of the Middle East. What makes Reade's map great is that you can actually see the person who tweeted about a city. This is especially fascinating should you come across a description you're uncertain about, such as what makes China the Florida of Asia. Above all, Chris Reade's metropho.rs is a fun way to see what crazy comparisons people are making on Twitter.
Trend Themes
1. Metaphor Mapping - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop a platform that uses social media data for metaphor identification and mapping to create custom maps and data visualizations for businesses and marketers.
2. Social Media Analytics - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop new social media analytics tools that can extract meaningful insights from unstructured data sources, such as Twitter, to help businesses target and engage with audiences more effectively.
3. Location-based Data Visualization - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create new geospatial data visualization tools that leverage real-time data from social media platforms to create interactive atlases and maps for various industries such as tourism or urban planning.
Industry Implications
1. Marketing and Advertising - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Incorporating metaphor mapping as a feature into social media analytics can help marketers and ad agencies understand the cultural nuances of specific regions and create tailored campaigns accordingly.
2. Social Media - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Incorporating metaphor mapping into existing social media platforms can enrich user experiences by adding valuable context to user-generated content and allow users to explore cultures and worldviews in meaningful ways.
3. Data Visualization - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Developing new tools that visualize location-based social media data can help diverse industries, such as urban planning, tourism, and economic development, to inform strategic decision-making using real-time insights and trends.
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