Mapbox

Mapbox MCP Server

Transform any AI agent into a geospatially-aware system with Mapbox APIs. Provides geocoding, POI search, routing, travel time matrices, isochrones, and static map generation.

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Tool: area_tool

Calculate the area of a polygon or multipolygon. Supports various units including square meters, kilometers, acres, and hectares. Works offline without API calls.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: bbox_tool

Calculate the bounding box (extent) of any geometry. Returns the minimum and maximum longitude and latitude that encompass the geometry. Works offline without API calls.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: bearing_tool

Calculate the bearing (compass direction) from one point to another. Returns bearing in degrees where 0° is North, 90° is East, 180° is South, and 270° is West. Works offline without API calls.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: buffer_tool

Create a buffer zone (polygon) around a point, line, or polygon at a specified distance. Useful for proximity analysis, service areas, or creating zones of influence. Works offline without API calls.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: category_search_tool

Return all places that match a category (industry, amenity, or NAICS‑style code). Use when the user asks for a type of place, plural or generic terms like 'museums', 'coffee shops', 'electric‑vehicle chargers', or when the query includes is‑a phrases such as 'any', 'all', 'nearby'. Do not use when a unique name or brand is provided. Supports both JSON and text output formats.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

This tool interacts with external entities.

Tool: centroid_tool

Calculate the geometric center (centroid) of a polygon or multipolygon. The centroid is the arithmetic mean position of all points in the shape. Works offline without API calls.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: convex_tool

Compute the convex hull of a set of points — the smallest convex polygon that contains all the points. Useful for bounding area analysis, estimating coverage area, or wrapping a set of locations. Works offline without API calls.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: destination_tool

Calculate a destination point given a starting point, bearing, and distance using geodesic (great-circle) straight-line offset. Useful for "find a point 5km north of X", constructing search offsets, or computing waypoints. Bearing: 0=north, 90=east, 180/-180=south, -90=west. Note: this calculates a straight-line geographic offset, not road-network distance. Works offline without API calls.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: difference_tool

Subtract one polygon from another, returning the area in polygon1 that is not covered by polygon2. Useful for computing exclusion zones, finding uncovered service areas, or "what is in zone A but not zone B?". Returns null geometry if polygon2 fully covers polygon1. Works offline without API calls.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: directions_tool

Fetches directions from Mapbox API based on provided coordinates and direction method. For route planning and distance calculations, use geometries="none" to get compact responses. Only request full geometry (geometries="geojson") when you need to visualize the route on a map or provide detailed turn-by-turn navigation instructions.

• All profiles: ferry, cash_only_tolls
• Driving/Driving-traffic profiles only: motorway, toll, unpaved, tunnel, country_border, state_border or point(<lng> <lat>) For custom locations you can use Point exclusions (note lng and lat are space separated and at most 50 points are allowed) Note: country_border excludes all controlled country borders; borders within the Schengen Area are not excluded. geometries|string optional|The format of the returned geometry. Options:
• none (default): no geometry object is returned at all, use this if you do not need all of the intermediate coordinates.
• geojson: as GeoJSON LineString (might be very long as there could be a lot of points) max_height|number optional|The max vehicle height, in meters. The Directions API will compute a route that includes only roads with a height limit greater than or equal to the max vehicle height. Must be between 0 and 10 meters. The default value is 1.6 meters. Only available for driving and driving-traffic profiles. max_weight|number optional|The max vehicle weight, in metric tons (1000 kg). The Directions API will compute a route that includes only roads with a weight limit greater than or equal to the max vehicle weight. Must be between 0 and 100 metric tons. The default value is 2.5 metric tons. Only available for driving and driving-traffic profiles. max_width|number optional|The max vehicle width, in meters. The Directions API will compute a route that includes only roads with a width limit greater than or equal to the max vehicle width. Must be between 0 and 10 meters. The default value is 1.9 meters. Only available for driving and driving-traffic profiles. routing_profile|string optional|Routing profile for different modes of transport. Options:
• mapbox/driving-traffic (default): automotive with current traffic conditions
• mapbox/driving: automotive based on typical traffic
• mapbox/walking: pedestrian/hiking
• mapbox/cycling: bicycle

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

This tool interacts with external entities.

Tool: distance_tool

Calculate the distance between two geographic coordinates. Supports various units including kilometers, miles, meters, feet, and nautical miles. Uses the Haversine formula for accurate great-circle distance calculations. This tool works offline without requiring API calls.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: ground_location_tool

Answer questions about what is near a location, what neighborhood a coordinate is in, or what places are within walking/driving distance. Use this as the FIRST and ONLY tool when given coordinates and asked about nearby places, neighborhood context, local discovery, or area summaries — do NOT also call reverse_geocode_tool or search the web for places. Pass the place category (e.g. "restaurant", "coffee", "park") as the query parameter to get nearby POIs in the same call. Returns place name, nearby POIs matching the query, and travel-time reachability — all sourced from live Mapbox data with citations.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

This tool interacts with external entities.

Tool: intersect_tool

Find the intersection geometry of two polygons — the area they share in common. Useful for coverage overlap analysis, finding shared service areas, or zone overlap. Returns null geometry if the polygons do not overlap. Works offline without API calls.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: isochrone_tool

Computes areas that are reachable within a specified amount of time from a location, and returns the reachable regions as contours of Polygons or LineStrings in GeoJSON format that you can display on a map. Common use cases: - Show a user how far they can travel in X minutes from their current location - Determine whether a destination is within a certain travel time threshold - Compare travel ranges for different modes of transportation'

    - Walking: use 0-500. Prefer 50-200 for short contours (minutes < 10 or meters < 5000), 300-500 as they grow.
    - Driving: use 1000-5000. Start at 2000, use 3000 if minutes > 10 or meters > 20000. Use 4000-5000 if near 60 minutes or 100000 meters.

contours_colors|array optional|Contour colors as hex strings without starting # (for example ff0000 for red. must match contours_minutes or contours_meters length if provided). contours_meters|array optional|Distances in meters. Distances must be in increasing order. Must be specified either contours_minutes or contours_meters. contours_minutes|array optional|Contour times in minutes. Times must be in increasing order. Must be specified either contours_minutes or contours_meters. denoise|number optional|A floating point value that can be used to remove smaller contours. A value of 1.0 will only return the largest contour for a given value. depart_at|string optional|An ISO 8601 date-time string representing the time to depart (format string: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mmss±hh:mm). exclude|array optional|Exclude certain road types and custom locations from routing. polygons|boolean optional|Whether to return Polygons (true) or LineStrings (false). profile|string optional|Mode of travel.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

This tool interacts with external entities.

Tool: length_tool

Measure the total length of a line defined by a series of coordinates. Useful for measuring a drawn route, path, or boundary without a routing API call. Supports kilometers, miles, meters, and feet. Works offline without API calls.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: map_matching_tool

Snap GPS traces to roads using Mapbox Map Matching API. Takes noisy/inaccurate coordinate sequences (2-100 points) and returns clean routes aligned with actual roads, bike paths, or walkways. Useful for analyzing recorded trips, cleaning fleet tracking data, or processing fitness activity traces. Returns confidence scores, matched geometry, and optional traffic/speed annotations.

• speed: Speed limit per segment (km/h)
• distance: Distance per segment (meters)
• duration: Duration per segment (seconds)
• congestion: Traffic level per segment (low, moderate, heavy, severe) geometries|string optional|Format of the returned geometry. Options:
• geojson: GeoJSON LineString (recommended)
• polyline: Polyline with precision 5
• polyline6: Polyline with precision 6 overview|string optional|Format of the returned geometry. Options:
• full: Returns full geometry with all points
• simplified: Returns simplified geometry
• false: No geometry returned profile|string optional|Routing profile for different modes of transport. Options:
• driving: automotive based on road network
• driving-traffic: automotive with current traffic conditions
• walking: pedestrian/hiking
• cycling: bicycle radiuses|array optional|Array of maximum distances (in meters) each coordinate can snap to the road network. If provided, must have the same length as coordinates array. Default is unlimited. Use smaller values (5-25m) for high-quality GPS, larger values (50-100m) for noisy GPS traces. timestamps|array optional|Array of Unix timestamps (in seconds) corresponding to each coordinate. If provided, must have the same length as coordinates array. Used to improve matching accuracy based on speed.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

This tool interacts with external entities.

Tool: matrix_tool

Calculates travel times and distances between multiple points using Mapbox Matrix API.

• mapbox/driving-traffic (default): automotive with current traffic conditions (limited to 10 coordinates)
• mapbox/driving: automotive based on typical traffic
• mapbox/walking: pedestrian/hiking
• mapbox/cycling: bicycle annotations|string optional|Specifies the resulting matrices. Possible values are: duration (default), distance, or both values separated by a comma. approaches|string optional|A semicolon-separated list indicating the side of the road from which to approach waypoints. Accepts "unrestricted" (default, route can arrive at the waypoint from either side of the road) or "curb" (route will arrive at the waypoint on the driving_side of the region). If provided, the number of approaches must be the same as the number of waypoints. You can skip a coordinate and show its position with the ; separator. bearings|string optional|A semicolon-separated list of headings and allowed deviation indicating the direction of movement. Input as two comma-separated values per location: a heading course measured clockwise from true north between 0 and 360, and the range of degrees by which the angle can deviate (recommended value is 45° or 90°), formatted as {angle,degrees}. If provided, the number of bearings must equal the number of coordinates. You can skip a coordinate and show its position in the list with the ; separator. destinations|string optional|Use the coordinates at given indices as destinations. Possible values are: a semicolon-separated list of 0-based indices, or "all" (default). The option "all" allows using all coordinates as destinations. sources|string optional|Use the coordinates at given indices as sources. Possible values are: a semicolon-separated list of 0-based indices, or "all" (default). The option "all" allows using all coordinates as sources.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

This tool interacts with external entities.

Tool: midpoint_tool

Calculate the geographic midpoint between two coordinates. Returns the point that is halfway between the two input points along the great circle path. Works offline without API calls.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: nearest_point_on_line_tool

Snap a point to the nearest position on a line or route. Returns the closest point on the line and the distance to it. Useful for "which point on this route is closest to my location?" or map-matching without the API. Works offline without API calls.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: nearest_point_tool

Find the nearest point in a collection to a given target point. More efficient than calling distance_tool for each candidate and sorting. Useful for finding the closest store, stop, or landmark to a location. Works offline without API calls.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: optimization_tool

Find the optimal (shortest by travel time) route through a set of 2-12 coordinates. Solves the Traveling Salesman Problem to determine the best visiting order. Supports options for starting point, ending point, and whether to return to start.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

This tool interacts with external entities.

Tool: place_details_tool

Retrieve detailed information about a specific place using its Mapbox ID. Use after search_and_geocode_tool, category_search_tool, or reverse_geocode_tool to get additional details such as photos, opening hours, ratings, phone numbers, and website URLs. Requires the mapbox_id field from a previous search result.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

This tool interacts with external entities.

Tool: points_within_polygon_tool

Test one or more geographic points against a polygon, returning only those inside. Handles a single point or a batch of points in one call. Useful for delivery zone validation, fleet geofencing, and customer segmentation. Works offline without API calls.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: reverse_geocode_tool

Convert geographic coordinates (longitude, latitude) into a human-readable address or place name. Use only when you need an address/place name alone. If you also need nearby places, neighborhood context, or travel-time reachability, use ground_location_tool instead — it already includes reverse geocoding plus POI search and isochrone in one call. This tool cannot reverse geocode businesses, landmarks, or POIs. Supports JSON and text output formats.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

This tool interacts with external entities.

Tool: search_and_geocode_tool

Search for POIs, brands, chains, geocode cities, towns, addresses. Do not use for generic place types such as 'museums', 'coffee shops', 'tacos', etc, because category_search_tool is better for that. Setting a proximity point is strongly encouraged for more local results.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

This tool interacts with external entities.

Tool: simplify_tool

Simplify a LineString or Polygon by reducing the number of vertices while preserving the general shape. Uses the Douglas-Peucker algorithm. Useful for reducing file sizes and improving rendering performance. Works offline without API calls.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Tool: static_map_image_tool

Generates a static map image from Mapbox Static Images API. Supports center coordinates, zoom level (0-22), image size (up to 1280x1280), various Mapbox styles, and overlays (markers, paths, GeoJSON). Returns PNG for vector styles, JPEG for raster-only styles.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

This tool interacts with external entities.

Tool: union_tool

Merge two or more polygons into a single unified geometry. Useful for combining service areas, delivery zones, isochrones, or coverage regions. Returns a Polygon or MultiPolygon if the inputs do not overlap. Works offline without API calls.

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

Use this MCP Server

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