From 22c6c010077a3bb6f9d32b4f7cc205fa2a6bfa08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: josh <josh@thewrightserver.net>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 17:09:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] replaces long/lat with city name on UI

---
 app.py | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 58ad6ff..3f4246a 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -136,6 +136,29 @@ def get_today_snowfall(lat, lon):
     except Exception as e:
         print("Error fetching snowfall:", e)
         return 0.0, False, "UTC"
+    
+def get_city_name(lat, lon):
+    """Use OpenStreetMap Nominatim to get the city name for coordinates."""
+    try:
+        r = requests.get(
+            "https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse",
+            params={
+                "lat": lat,
+                "lon": lon,
+                "format": "json",
+                "zoom": 10,  # city-level
+                "addressdetails": 1
+            },
+            headers={"User-Agent": "AreWeBuriedApp/1.0"}
+        )
+        r.raise_for_status()
+        data = r.json()
+        address = data.get("address", {})
+        city = address.get("city") or address.get("town") or address.get("village") or address.get("county") or f"{lat:.2f},{lon:.2f}"
+        return city
+    except Exception as e:
+        print("Reverse geocoding error:", e)
+        return f"{lat:.2f},{lon:.2f}"
 
 @app.route("/")
 def index():
@@ -147,13 +170,15 @@ def snowfall_api():
     lon = request.args.get("lon", type=float)
 
     if lat is None or lon is None:
-        return jsonify({"error":"Missing lat/lon"}), 400
+        return jsonify({"error": "Missing lat/lon"}), 400
 
     inches, snowing, tz_name = get_today_snowfall(lat, lon)
     today = datetime.now(pytz.timezone(tz_name)).strftime("%B %d, %Y")
 
+    city_name = get_city_name(lat, lon)
+
     return jsonify({
-        "location": f"{lat:.2f}, {lon:.2f}",
+        "location": city_name,
         "lat": lat,
         "lon": lon,
         "inches": inches,
@@ -163,5 +188,6 @@ def snowfall_api():
         "updated": datetime.now().isoformat()
     })
 
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=5000)