System and method for aggregation and graduated visualization of user generated social post on a social mapping network

A method for location-based social networking, comprising:

• receiving, from a client device, a request for social media posts, wherein the request comprises location information and screen attribute information associated with a display of the client device;
• identifying a candidate set of social media posts based at least on the location information;
• determining a graduated visualization level from a plurality of predetermined graduated visualization levels based on the screen attribute information, wherein each graduated visualization level corresponds to a different aggregation density and symbol representation type;
• generating, by a computer processor, an aggregated group comprising a subset of the candidate set of social media posts using grouping criteria that varies based on the determined graduated visualization level;
• generating an aggregated graphical symbol based on the aggregated group, wherein the aggregated graphical symbol represents the aggregated group and corresponds to the determined graduated visualization level;
• and
• providing the aggregated graphical symbol to the client device for display, wherein the aggregated graphical symbol dynamically transforms between different symbol representation types as the screen attribute information changes across predetermined transformation thresholds.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions for location-based social networking, the plurality of instructions configured to execute on at least one computer processor to enable the at least one computer processor to:

• receive, from a client device, a request for social media posts, wherein the request comprises location information and screen attribute information associated with a display of the client device;
• identify a candidate set of social media posts based at least on the location information;
• determine a graduated visualization level from a plurality of predetermined graduated visualization levels based on the screen attribute information, wherein each graduated visualization level corresponds to a different aggregation density and symbol representation type;
• generate an aggregated group comprising a subset of the candidate set of social media posts using grouping criteria that varies based on the determined graduated visualization level;
• generate an aggregated graphical symbol based on the aggregated group, wherein the aggregated graphical symbol represents the aggregated group and corresponds to the determined graduated visualization level;
• and
• provide the aggregated graphical symbol to the client device for display, wherein the aggregated graphical symbol dynamically transforms between different symbol representation types as the screen attribute information changes across predetermined transformation thresholds.