YouTube adds local video search

Wondering what your town is uploading to YouTube? Google just launched a new location-based search feature for the video site, based on Gears and the new GeoLocation API, that shows you every video uploaded within a certain distance of your actual location.

The new feature is based on Gears and the new GeoLocation API. According to the Google Geo Developers Blog:

The Gears module builds on top of the IP-based ClientLocation locator we previously blogged about. When you combine these two features together, you can create some really interesting and useful applications.

Google provides a neat demo of the tool, which seems to work pretty seamlessly, although it does require that users first have Gears installed. Simply wait for the locator to find you, click on the "fun" button, and you can see every video uploaded to YouTube within your general vicinity. It seems a little stalkerish at first, but it's pretty interesting. Check out the demo, or try it on YouTube via the advanced search page.

• API
• Gears
• geolocation
• Google
• local search
• videos
• YouTube