Geographic Utilities
A Swiss-army knife for location data. Convert addresses to coordinates (and back), look up country details, check the local timezone, and get sunrise/sunset times — all from free public APIs, no keys needed.
Tools
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
geocode |
Address or place name to lat/lon coordinates (e.g., "Eiffel Tower, Paris") |
reverse_geocode |
Lat/lon coordinates to a human-readable address |
get_country |
Country details by name or ISO code — population, capital, languages, currencies |
get_timezone |
Current timezone and local time for any lat/lon |
get_sunrise_sunset |
Sunrise, sunset, golden hour, and day length for a location and date |
Reach for this when
- A user gives a place name and you need coordinates for another API
- Converting GPS coordinates to a street address
- Answering "what time is it in Tokyo right now?"
- Calculating daylight hours for a specific location and date
- Looking up country metadata (capital, population, languages)
Example: geocode the Colosseum
curl -s -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/geo/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"geocode","arguments":{"query":"Colosseum, Rome, Italy"}}}'
Returns latitude (41.8902), longitude (12.4922), and display name.
MCP config
{
"mcpServers": {
"pipeworx-geo": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote@latest", "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/geo/mcp"]
}
}
}