for those interested.. heres a super mashup of maps and twitter in real time

maps.google.com/maps/mpl?modul ...

"Google and Twitter team up for election coverage, but what about Jaiku?

Jaiku, which has a much smaller and more European user base than Twitter, isn't really doing it for Google."
valleywag.com/352971/google-an ...

Haochi – some how Valleywags post don't hold creditability with me, thats just me..!!