diff --git a/spring-integration-twitter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/twitter/model/GeoLocation.java b/spring-integration-twitter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/twitter/model/GeoLocation.java
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+package org.springframework.integration.twitter.model;
+
+/**
+ * interface for geo location records
+ *
+ * @author Josh Long
+ *
+ */
+public interface GeoLocation {
+  	double getLongitude() ;
+	double getLatitude() ;
+}
diff --git a/spring-integration-twitter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/twitter/model/Twitter4jGeoLocationImpl.java b/spring-integration-twitter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/twitter/model/Twitter4jGeoLocationImpl.java
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+package org.springframework.integration.twitter.model;
+
+/**
+ * Implements a notion of GeoLocation that forwards calls to {@link twitter4j.GeoLocation} instance
+ *
+ * @author Josh Long
+ */
+public class Twitter4jGeoLocationImpl implements GeoLocation {
+
+	private twitter4j.GeoLocation geoLocation;
+
+	public twitter4j.GeoLocation getGeoLocation() {
+		return this.geoLocation;
+	}
+
+	public Twitter4jGeoLocationImpl(twitter4j.GeoLocation gl) {
+		this.geoLocation = gl;
+	}
+
+	public double getLongitude() {
+		return this.geoLocation.getLongitude();
+	}
+
+	public double getLatitude() {
+		return this.geoLocation.getLatitude();
+	}
+
+}