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Geocaching (/ ˈ dʒ iː oʊ k æ ʃ ɪ ŋ /, JEE-oh-KASH-ing) is an outdoor recreational activity, in which participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called geocaches or caches, at specific locations marked by coordinates all over the world. [2]
The government allowed two days for the removal of the video or YouTube would be blocked in the country. [44] On April 4, following YouTube's failure to remove the video, Nuh asked all Internet service providers to block access to YouTube. [45] On April 5, YouTube was briefly blocked for testing by one ISP. [46]
Online video platforms allow users to upload, share videos or live stream their own videos to the Internet. These can either be for the general public to watch, or particular users on a shared network. The most popular video hosting website is YouTube, 2 billion active until October 2020 and the most extensive catalog of online videos. [1]
Other websites offer maps of the locations (and PIDs) of marks in each individual state of the U.S. [6] Until 2023, Geocaching.com had a section of its site devoted to benchmarking. [7] Some of these marks have precise coordinates, including latitude and longitude, that are accurate to millimeter precision. [8]
Geohashing / ˈ dʒ iː oʊ ˌ h æ ʃ ɪ ŋ / is an outdoor recreational activity inspired by the webcomic xkcd, in which participants have to reach a random location (chosen by a computer algorithm), prove their achievement by taking a picture of a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or another mobile device and then tell the story of their trip online.
There aren't many places where wild horses still roam, but an equine-inspired travel agency in Morocco has been sharing videos to remind viewers that a horse doesn't have to be wild to be free.
Since June 2007, YouTube's videos have been available for viewing on a range of Apple products. This required YouTube's content to be transcoded into Apple's preferred video standard, H.264, a process that took several months. YouTube videos can be viewed on devices including Apple TV, iPod Touch and the iPhone. [108]
The blocking of YouTube videos in Germany was part of a former dispute between the video sharing platform YouTube and the Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (GEMA, or "Society for Musical Performance and Mechanical Reproduction Rights" in English), a performance rights organization in Germany.