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The YouTube API search endpoint provides location and radius parameters. The map and other inputs in this application make it easy to set and visualize the location coordinates and area radius that you want.
It is important to note and as far as I know, the location on a video must be manually set via the YouTube Studio. The location must be a valid location that you can find in Google Maps. The name of that location will be the displayed locationDescription. However, there are cases where the locationDescription is missing. I do not know for sure but I believe that they may have been valid Maps locations that no longer exist so only display coordinates. It may also be possible for some programs that integrate with YouTube to set these automatically though I am not aware of any currently. It is unlikely though as the API to set these fields has been deprecated since 2017.
It is also important to note that the coordinates do not necessarily mean that exact position. The location may be at almost any scale, an actual address or point of interest, street, road, town, city, zip code, state, country, and so on... almost anything that is valid in Google Maps. While they appear to have a specific coordinate it is more likely set for the generalized area. For example, a video that is set to 40.7830603, -73.9712488 ≡ Manhattan is most likely not at the particular building where the Manhattan marker is located but in reference to somewhere in the entire Manahattan area as visualized in Google Maps.
The returned location names may also be any valid name for a particular location be that the language of the person specifying the location or alternate name. For example, these are all the same in reference to United States.
37.09024, -95.712891 ≡ United States
37.09024, -95.712891 ≡ USA
37.09024, -95.712891 ≡ Соединенные Штаты Америки
37.09024, -95.712891 ≡ États-Unis
37.09024, -95.712891 ≡ Hoa Kỳ
37.09024, -95.712891 ≡ Amerika Serikat
37.09024, -95.712891 ≡ الولايات المتحدة
37.09024, -95.712891 ≡ Yhdysvallat
37.09024, -95.712891 ≡ សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក
The application itself is hosted on GitHub Pages which is free and there is no cost for using the YouTube API. However, there is currently some variable cost in using the Google Maps API and its geocoding service depending on traffic and how particular users use the application. Most often months are free while others may be a lot. You may donate if you'd like to: https://www.paypal.me/mattwright324
