`dem`

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

DEM raster for a bounding box (returns URL to GeoTIFF).

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`dataset`	string	yes
`south`	number	yes
`north`	number	yes
`west`	number	yes
`east`	number	yes
`format`	string	no	GTiff (default) \| AAIGrid \| HFA

Example call

Arguments

{
  "dataset": "SRTM GL3",
  "south": 40.7,
  "north": 40.8,
  "west": -74.1,
  "east": -74
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/opentopography/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"dem","arguments":{"dataset":"SRTM GL3","south":40.7,"north":40.8,"west":-74.1,"east":-74}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('dem', {
  "dataset": "SRTM GL3",
  "south": 40.7,
  "north": 40.8,
  "west": -74.1,
  "east": -74
});

More examples

{
  "dataset": "GEBCO",
  "south": 35,
  "north": 36,
  "west": -120,
  "east": -119,
  "format": "AAIGrid"
}

Response shape

Always returns: request_url, content_type, size_bytes

Field	Type	Description
`request_url`	string	URL to fetch the DEM raster GeoTIFF
`content_type`	string \| null	MIME type of the raster response
`size_bytes`	number	Size of the raster file in bytes

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "request_url": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "URL to fetch the DEM raster GeoTIFF"
    },
    "content_type": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "MIME type of the raster response"
    },
    "size_bytes": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Size of the raster file in bytes"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "request_url",
    "content_type",
    "size_bytes"
  ]
}

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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