Twitter's Website Now Attaches Location to Tweets [PICS]

Twitter has just flipped the switch on geolocation within Twitter.com. Now at least some users can pull up location-based information from individual tweets on the microblogging website.

While attaching locations to tweets has been possible for several months now through third-party apps, Twitter.com itself hasn't done much geolocation until today. It was first noticed yesterday, but the full rollout seems to be happening today.

It's a simple integration: With any tweet that has a location attached to it (mostly via apps that support it, such as Foursquare and Tweetie), a small location icon will appear at the end of the byline of that tweet. Clicking on it will bring up a Google Map showing the location where that tweet was sent.

Here's a screenshot:

It's a simple integration, but it's important to the future of Twitter. Location has become this year's big trend, and with Facebook set to launch location features next month, the company can't afford to be left behind.