Overture Maps MCP server

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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