MCP server

AI assistants can query the atlas directly over the Model Context Protocol: 70,343 places across 348 countries, live from the same data the map serves. Streamable HTTP, read-only, CORS-open, no key.

https://detourmap.com/mcp

Add it to a client

Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http detourmap https://detourmap.com/mcp

Any client that takes a JSON server entry:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "detourmap": { "type": "http", "url": "https://detourmap.com/mcp" }
  }
}

Tools

search_places— name search with country/kind filters
get_place— one place in full, by slug or name
places_near— what’s worth a detour near a coordinate
top_places— most famous, worldwide or per country/kind
list_kinds— the sixteen kinds, with counts
list_countries— every country, with counts
get_statistics— live aggregates for citable claims
random_place— discovery roll, biased to the long tail

Registry name com.detourmap/places. The same data is downloadable in bulk on the open-data page (CC0). Typical asks it answers well: “what's worth a detour within 50 km of Lyon?”, “the most famous castles in Japan”, “a ghost town I've never heard of”.