Displaying location-based images that match the weather conditions

摘要

An image associated with a location and depicting the current weather conditions at the location is served to the user along with the current weather data of the location. If an image for the location that aptly depicts the weather conditions as indicated by the weather data cannot be identified, the geographical area associated with the location is expanded to search for appropriate images from an expanded image pool. The expansion can continue in one or more steps until a threshold is reached beyond which the geographical area my no longer be expanded. If no images are retrieved upon reaching the threshold, an image reflecting the weather condition is selected from a fallback image set for presentation with the weather data.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a processor, a request for weather information from a user device, the request associated with location information; retrieving, by the processor, weather data indicative of current weather conditions for at least one locale identified by the location information; identifying, by the processor, an image associated with the locale from an image collection, said identification comprising determining that said image depicts weather conditions that match the retrieved weather data; receiving, by the processor, metadata of the image; when no images associated with the locale are determined to depict weather conditions matching the retrieved weather data:
expanding, by the processor, a geographical area associated with the locale;accessing, by the processor, an expanded image collection depicting various weather conditions corresponding to the expanded area associated with the locale; andrepeating, by the processor, the expanding and accessing steps until at least one image from the expanded image collection depicting weather conditions that match the retrieved weather data is identified or a threshold condition is met; and transmitting, by the processor, the metadata of the image with the weather data for presentation at the user device.