astro_find_place
Place name to coordinates and timezone
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Resolve a place name to coordinates, region, country, IANA timezone and a stable place_id, or reverse-look-up the nearest places to a lat/lon. Results are GeoNames data (CC BY 4.0); the response carries the required credit in its attribution field, which must be preserved when results are shown. Note the other tools accept a place argument directly, so this is only needed to disambiguate a name, filter by country, or reverse-geocode.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | string | no | Place name to search for, e.g. "Springfield". |
| id | string | no | A place_id from an earlier result, to fetch that exact place. |
| lat | number | no | Latitude in decimal degrees, north positive. Send lat and lon together. |
| lon | number | no | Longitude in decimal degrees, east positive (Lisbon is about -9.14). Send lat and lon together. |
| country | string | no | Two-letter ISO country code filter, e.g. "US". |
| limit | integer | no | Maximum matches to return. Default 5. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Place name to search for, e.g. \"Springfield\"."
},
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "A place_id from an earlier result, to fetch that exact place."
},
"lat": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": -90,
"maximum": 90,
"description": "Latitude in decimal degrees, north positive. Send lat and lon together."
},
"lon": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": -180,
"maximum": 180,
"description": "Longitude in decimal degrees, east positive (Lisbon is about -9.14). Send lat and lon together."
},
"country": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Two-letter ISO country code filter, e.g. \"US\"."
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 20,
"description": "Maximum matches to return. Default 5."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}