Twitter Places and How to Use Them

Now, when you Tweet with your location, you can specify an explicit Place, or point of interest. In this way, you can provide additional information that makes your Tweets more meaningful - without taking up extra characters. For example, you could answer the age-old question “Where’s the party at?” without the cumbersome explanation of the place you’re at (The Bloodhound, a bar in San Francisco) and its specific location (1145 Folsom Street.)





We know that most people come to know places by name and cross-street, rather than their street address, so we made Twitter Places to allow you to Tweet from public locations that are easily recognizable by name, while still preserving the more specific location information that adds meaning to your Tweet.

Where do I start?

To get started using Twitter Places, you first need to enable the Tweet with Your Location Feature.
Once Tweet With Your Location is enabled, simply click the arrow next to your location, just under the box where you’d normally type a Tweet. Select ‘Search places.’

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In this case, we’ll search for a popular Wine Bar in San Francisco, called Heart.



Click the magnifying glass icon to search for the place you wish to associate with your Tweet. If it’s not listed in the results, click ‘Add this place!’



You will then be prompted to enter the name of the place, and its address. The city should have been selected by default, based on your location.
Please note that you can move the pin on the map in order to better reflect the location of the place.



Add this Place’ button. The place will then appear below the Tweet Box.
After you’ve posted your Tweet, viewers will be able to click the geo-pin next to the location information to see the Point of Interest on a map.


Please note: depending on the type of certainty we have about your location, you might see different types of options. For example, if Twitter can only determine the general area of your location, you'll only see cities or neighborhoods. However, you can always search for specific places using the search method outlined above.
International Users: we'll be rolling this out progressively to different countries, so if Twitter Places are not yet available in your area, they should be available soon.
Place creation will also be progressively enabled. If you are not yet offered the option to create a place, it's because we have not yet enabled this feature for your area.