Location-based group discovery for messaging applications

A system for creating one or more location-based messaging groups, the system comprising:

• a memory for storing executable program code;
• and
• one or more processors, functionally coupled to the memory, the one or more processors being responsive to computer-executable instructions contained in the program code and operative to:
• receive, from a group messaging application, a request to create a location-based messaging group, wherein the request comprises a geographic location;
• determining geographic coordinates corresponding to the geographic location;
• identify, based on the geographic coordinates, a plurality of geographic indicators that the geographic coordinates correspond to;
• receive, from the group messaging application, a selection of at least one of the geographic indicators;
• and
• create the location-based messaging group.

A computer-readable storage device comprising executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, assists with surfacing one or more location-based messaging groups, the computer-readable storage device including instructions executable by the one or more processors for:

• sending geolocation information associated with a location of a client computing device to a group messaging service;
• sending, to the group messaging service, a request to identify one or more location-based messaging groups accessible by the client computing device based, at least in part, on the location of the client computing device;
• receiving, from the group messaging service, information associated with one or more location-based messaging groups for which the location of the client computing device meets a location-based surfacing threshold;
• and
• surfacing, on a display of the client computing device, the one or more location-based messaging groups for which the location of the client computing device meets the location-based surfacing threshold.