Reverse geocoding system

A system comprising:

• a memory that stores instructions;
• and
• one or more processors configured by the instructions to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, from a mobile device, geographic coordinates for a location corresponding to the mobile device;
• generating a plurality of candidate places located within a predetermined distance from the location based on the geographic coordinates of the location;
• extracting a plurality of features for each candidate place of the plurality of candidate places, the plurality of features comprising at least a distance between each candidate place and the location and visibility information of each candidate place, the visibility information indicating visibility of a candidate place by a user of the mobile device;
• generating a place score for each candidate place of the plurality of candidate places using the plurality of features for each candidate place of the plurality of candidate places by performing operations comprising:
• generating a distance score for the candidate place based on the distance between the candidate place and the location:
• generating a visibility score for the candidate place based on the visibility information of the candidate place, the visibility score indicating at least whether the candidate place is visible at a time of day corresponding to a time of day the geographic coordinates are received for the location;
• and
• calculating the place score based on the distance score and the visibility score;
• determining a best candidate place based on the place score for each candidate place of the plurality of candidate places;
• and
• providing a place name associated with the best candidate place.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon that are executable by at least one processor to cause a computing device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, from a mobile device, geographic coordinates for a location corresponding to the mobile device;
• generating a plurality of candidate places located within a predetermined distance from the location based on the geographic coordinates of the location;
• extracting a plurality of features for each candidate place of the plurality of candidate places, the plurality of features comprising at least a distance between each candidate place and the location and visibility information of each candidate place, the visibility information indicating visibility of a candidate place by a user of the mobile device;
• generating a place score for each candidate place of the plurality of candidate places using the plurality of features for each candidate place of the plurality of candidate places by performing operations comprising:
• generating a distance score for the candidate place based on the distance between the candidate place and the location:
• generating a visibility score for the candidate place based on the visibility information of the candidate place, the visibility score indicating at least whether the candidate place is visible at a time of day corresponding to a time of day the geographic coordinates are received for the location;
• and
• calculating the place score based on the distance score and the visibility score;
• determining a best candidate place based on the place score for each candidate place of the plurality of candidate places;
• and
• providing a place name associated with the best candidate place.