Overture Maps MCP server
Query Overture Maps data — places (POIs), buildings, and administrative divisions — from MCP-compatible LLMs with token-efficient summaries.
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Overture Maps MCP server
Query Overture Maps data — places (POIs), buildings and administrative divisions — directly from Claude and other MCP-compatible LLM tools.
This is a local (stdio) MCP server that wraps the Overture Maps API. Responses are compact summaries rather than full GeoJSON, so they stay token-efficient, and the tools steer toward cheap, well-scoped queries.
Tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
search_places |
Search POIs/businesses by country or lat/lng+radius, filtered by category, taxonomy, brand or contact details. |
list_place_categories |
List available place categories (with counts) for a country or area — use to find valid categories values. |
list_place_countries |
List every country in the dataset with place/brand counts. |
search_divisions |
Look up administrative divisions (countries, regions, counties, localities) by name or location. |
find_buildings |
Find building footprints near a point (id, distance, height/levels). |
Get an API key
Sign up at overturemapsapi.com for a free API key. The public DEMO-API-KEY also works for light testing. Set it as OVERTURE_API_KEY.
Note: the Free tier is for non-commercial use. Commercial use needs a paid plan.
Use with Claude Desktop
Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json (Settings → Developer → Edit Config):
{
"mcpServers": {
"overture-maps": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@thatapicompany/overture-maps-mcp"],
"env": {
"OVERTURE_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
}
}
}
}
Restart Claude Desktop. You can then ask things like:
- "Find cafes within 500m of the Eiffel Tower."
- "List every used car dealer in the UK that has a website."
- "What administrative region is Springfield in?"
- "How many places does Overture have for Bermuda?"
Use with other MCP clients
Any client that supports local stdio MCP servers works the same way — run npx -y @thatapicompany/overture-maps-mcp with OVERTURE_API_KEY in the environment.
Local development
npm install
npm run build
OVERTURE_API_KEY=your-key node dist/index.js
Environment variables
| Variable | Default | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
OVERTURE_API_KEY |
DEMO-API-KEY |
Your Overture Maps API key. |
OVERTURE_API_BASE |
https://api.overturemapsapi.com |
Override for staging/self-hosted deployments. |
License
MIT
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