You usually observe different trends on twitter. But still you are not sure of location based trends. Here is a way to get a broad idea of trends based on different geographic regions. It is a rough but easy way to see which countries, cities or regions and trending what.

Trendsmap is a real-time mapping of Twitter trends across the world. It provides you with a google map like toggling map of the world with different twitter trends mentioned across different regions on the map. This lets you easily identify the global twitter trends. It allows you to see what the global, collective mass of humanity are discussing right now.

To get started move/zoom around the map and click on topics for additional information. You can move to a certain location to see the twitter trends of the region. You can even zoom further to pin point on a specific region. You can also click on any city name to go to a local page.

Clicking on a trend gives you a small window on the right which lets you see all the tweets concerning the topic. You can also use the search feature  to view trending topics or cities directly.

You can also view graphs, and important links or news headlines regarding the topic under consideration.

Trendsmap currently processes around 5 million tweets per day. It has over 500 cities from around the world which have their own page on the site.

An interesting innovation worth checking out.