Twitter search API results not reflective of advanced search function

Question

I am interested in checking for tweets within a 300mi radius of Detroit with the query tigers . Here is the link I have been using for my python program:

DetroitTigersURL='http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=tigers&rpp=100&lang=en&geocode=42.42,83.02,300mi&'

...which only returns about 15 tweets, 13 of which are from a guy in Kazakhstan.

and here's that same search using Twitter's built in advanced search: https://twitter.com/search?q=%22tigers%22%20near%3A%22Detroit%22%20within%3A300mi&src=typd

...with plenty of fresh tweets ripe for the picking. A little help please?

Answer 1

Sorry for one of these kinds of answers, but it appears to be an issue with the geocode API parameter. See the following links for somewhat related discussions:

• https://dev.twitter.com/discussions/4003
• https://dev.twitter.com/discussions/4004
• https://dev.twitter.com/discussions/2147
• https://dev.twitter.com/discussions/3360