Mcp Server Geodata Placefinder

io.github.fouomenePublished by GitHub account fouomenev2.0.0Updated Oct 24, 2026

MCP GeoData Placefinder: search places, reverse geocode, and find nearby locations.

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Overview

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A local MCP server that lets an assistant search places, reverse geocode coordinates, and find nearby locations via the GeoData Placefinder API and Overture/Map

What you can do
Search places by name, address, city, postcode, or category, and look up a place's full record by ID from Overture Maps data. Convert coordinates into the nearest place names and addresses, or find the single closest place within a configurable radius. Check the API's status, version, and cache size.
When to use it
Useful when you want an assistant to answer location questions such as what is near a landmark, what sits at given coordinates, or the nearest hospital within a distance, without leaving the chat.
Requirements
Runs as a local process on the user's machine, launched with npx from the npm package, so Node.js and network access are needed. No accounts, API keys, environment variables, or headers are declared. Desktop clients such as Claude Desktop or Cursor are configured through their MCP settings files.
Before you install
Queries, including coordinates and place searches, are sent to the GeoData Placefinder API and Overture Maps data, so location interests leave the machine. The server is read-only lookup; no writes or payments are described. It is marked desktop-only and not web-executable.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Mcp Server Geodata Placefinder in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Desktop only via STDIO. STDIO servers start a local process, so they need the SourceWeft desktop host.

Other MCP clients

Follow the launch instructions in the repository.

README

mcp-server-geodata-placefinder

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that gives AI assistants (Claude, Cursor, Zed, etc.) direct access to the GeoData Placefinder geocoding API, Overture Maps data and DuckDB. Official MCP Registry

Tools

ToolDescription
health_checkCheck API status, version, and cache size
search_placesGeocode by name, address, city, postcode, or category
reverse_geocodeConvert coordinates → nearest place names and addresses
find_nearest_placeSingle closest place within a configurable radius
get_place_by_idFull Overture Maps record for a place by ID

Quick start

Claude Desktop

Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:

json
{  "mcpServers": {    "geodata-placefinder": {      "command": "npx",      "args": ["-y", "mcp-server-geodata-placefinder"]    }  }}

Config file location:

  • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
  • Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Cursor

Add to your Cursor MCP settings (~/.cursor/mcp.json):

json
{  "mcpServers": {    "geodata-placefinder": {      "command": "npx",      "args": ["-y", "mcp-server-geodata-placefinder"]    }  }}

Other MCP clients

Any MCP-compatible client can run the server via:

bash
npx mcp-server-geodata-placefinder

Example queries

Once connected, you can ask your AI assistant:

  • "Find coffee shops near the Eiffel Tower"
  • "What's at coordinates 48.8584, 2.2945?"
  • "Find the nearest hospital to 40.7128, -74.0060 within 2km"
  • "Get full details for overture:place:ac0aed88-e6cb-4224-9520-441339447760"

Development

bash
# Clone the repositorygit clone https://github.com/fouomene/geodataplacefinder.gitcd geodataplacefinder/mcp-server
# Install dependenciespnpm install
# Run in development modepnpm dev
# Buildpnpm build
# Type-checkpnpm typecheck

License

GPL-3.0 — see LICENSE.

Links

Source: mcp-server/README.md at commit 913fd3f

Tools

0
SourceWeft has not started this package in its sandbox yet, so its tools are not known.

Version history

1
  1. v2.0.0LatestSep 16, 2026

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