Reverse-geocode a general area label for logged searches

Each search now stores an `area_label` (district/town) reverse-geocoded from its
coarsened ~1km lat/lng bucket via postcodes.io, surfaced in the Filament Searches
admin as a sortable/searchable column plus an area filter. Geocoding is cached 30
days per bucket, queries a 2km radius so low-density buckets still match the
default 100m miss, and fails gracefully to null. Adds `searches:backfill-areas`
(scheduled hourly) to label existing rows and retry stragglers.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
Ovidiu U
2026-06-12 09:05:03 +01:00
parent 040b2f627e
commit ea22387c9d
10 changed files with 331 additions and 1 deletions

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@@ -52,6 +52,77 @@ class PostcodeService
return $result;
}
/**
* Reverse-geocode coordinates to a general UK area label (e.g. "Peterborough").
*
* Coordinates are bucketed to ~1km (2dp) before lookup so the cache is shared
* across nearby searches and nothing more precise than the stored bucket is
* ever queried. Returns null if the area cannot be determined.
*/
public function reverseResolve(float $lat, float $lng): ?string
{
$latBucket = round($lat, 2);
$lngBucket = round($lng, 2);
$cacheKey = "revgeo:{$latBucket},{$lngBucket}";
$cached = Cache::get($cacheKey);
if (is_string($cached)) {
return $cached;
}
$label = $this->lookupArea($latBucket, $lngBucket);
if ($label !== null) {
Cache::put($cacheKey, $label, self::CACHE_TTL);
}
return $label;
}
private function lookupArea(float $lat, float $lng): ?string
{
$url = self::BASE_URL.'/postcodes';
// radius=2000 (postcodes.io max): we query the ~1km bucket centroid, which
// can sit up to ~780m from any real point in the bucket. The default 100m
// radius misses in low-density areas, so widen it to guarantee a hit.
$logUrl = $url.'?lon='.$lng.'&lat='.$lat.'&radius=2000&limit=1';
try {
$response = $this->apiLogger->send('postcodes_io', 'GET', $logUrl, fn () => Http::timeout(5)
->get($url, ['lon' => $lng, 'lat' => $lat, 'radius' => 2000, 'limit' => 1]));
if (! $response->successful()) {
return null;
}
$results = $response->json('result');
if (! is_array($results) || ! isset($results[0]) || ! is_array($results[0])) {
return null;
}
// Prefer the most human "town/district" field, falling back to broader areas.
foreach (['admin_district', 'parish', 'admin_ward', 'region', 'country'] as $field) {
$value = $results[0][$field] ?? null;
if (is_string($value) && $value !== '') {
return $value;
}
}
return null;
} catch (Throwable $e) {
Log::error('PostcodeService: reverse geocode failed', [
'lat' => $lat,
'lng' => $lng,
'error' => $e->getMessage(),
]);
return null;
}
}
private function normalisePostcode(string $value): string
{
return strtoupper(preg_replace('/\s+/', '', $value));

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@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use App\Services\Forecasting\LocalSnapshotService;
use App\Services\Forecasting\WeeklyForecastService;
use App\Services\HaversineQuery;
use App\Services\PlanFeatures;
use App\Services\PostcodeService;
use Illuminate\Database\Query\JoinClause;
use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ final class StationSearchService
public function __construct(
private readonly WeeklyForecastService $weeklyForecast,
private readonly LocalSnapshotService $localSnapshot,
private readonly PostcodeService $postcodeService,
) {}
public function search(SearchCriteria $criteria, ?User $user, ?string $ipHash): SearchResult
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ final class StationSearchService
Search::create([
'lat_bucket' => round($criteria->lat, 2),
'lng_bucket' => round($criteria->lng, 2),
'area_label' => $this->postcodeService->reverseResolve($criteria->lat, $criteria->lng),
'fuel_type' => $criteria->fuelType->value,
'results_count' => $resultsCount,
'lowest_pence' => $prices->min(),