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Pack: photon · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/photon/mcp
Forward geocode — place name → coordinates. Strong on partial / autocomplete-style queries.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
query | string | yes | Free-text place name / address |
lat | number | no | Latitude bias center |
lon | number | no | Longitude bias center |
location_bias_scale | number | no | Strength of lat/lon bias (default 0.2) |
zoom | number | no | Zoom level for bias (0-18) |
limit | number | no | 1-50 (default 5) |
lang | string | no | Language for the response (en, de, fr, …) |
osm_tag | string | no | OSM tag filter (e.g. “amenity:pharmacy”) |
layer | string | no | house | street | locality | city | district | county | state | country |
bbox | string | no | Bounding box: “min_lon,min_lat,max_lon,max_lat” |
Example call
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/photon/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search","arguments":{}}}'Connect
Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:
{
"mcpServers": {
"photon": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/photon/mcp"
}
}
}See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.