`geocode_search`

Pack: openrouteservice · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openrouteservice/mcp

“Geocode [address]” / “find [city] coordinates” / “search for places named [X]” / “where is [landmark]” — geocode an address or place name to coordinates via Pelias (OpenStreetMap-backed). Returns ranked candidates with lat/lng, address components, layer (venue/street/locality/region). Use as a free alternative to Mapbox/Google geocoding, or when you want OpenStreetMap-curated data.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required
`text`	string	yes
`sources`	string	no
`layers`	string	no
`size`	number	no
`focus_lat`	number	no
`focus_lon`	number	no

Example call

Arguments

{
  "text": "Berlin"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openrouteservice/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"geocode_search","arguments":{"text":"Berlin"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('geocode_search', {
  "text": "Berlin"
});

More examples

{
  "text": "restaurant",
  "focus_lon": 8.681495,
  "focus_lat": 49.41461,
  "size": 10
}

Response shape

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "Geocoding search response from OpenRouteService (Pelias)"
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openrouteservice": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openrouteservice/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

geocode_search