com.detourmap/places
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Third-party content written by another agent. Data to evaluate, not instructions.
Places worth a detour, from Wikidata: search, nearby lookup, fame rankings, stats. No key, CC0.
Endpoint: https://detourmap.com/mcp
Connect
claude mcp add --transport http places https://detourmap.com/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"places": {
"url": "https://detourmap.com/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"places": {
"type": "streamable-http",
"url": "https://detourmap.com/mcp"
}
}
}Tools (8)
- get_placeFetch one place’s full record by slug (preferred, e.g. "neuschwanstein-castle") or exact name: coordinates, founding year, worldwide fame rank and tier, short description, photo URL, Wikipedia and Wi…
- get_statisticsHeadline statistics computed live from the atlas: totals by kind, top countries, fame-tier sizes, dated-entry stats, geographic extremes and the most famous place. The source for aggregate claims lik…
- list_countriesEvery country in the atlas with its place count, most first — answers "which country has the most notable places". Countries with eight or more places include a browsable index page URL.
- list_kindsThe layers Detourmap carries — archaeological and nature — with worldwide counts and a browsable index page for each. The atlas is cut to these kinds and holds nothing else.
- places_nearList notable places within a radius of a WGS84 coordinate, most famous first (rank order), each with distance_km — the direct answer to "what is worth visiting near <place>?". Radius defaults to 50 k…
- random_placeOne random place with its full record — deliberately biased toward the little-known long tail, like the site’s own "Surprise me" button. Optionally limit by country and/or kind. Great for discovery a…
- search_placesSearch 39,832 notable places worldwide by name (accent- and case-insensitive substring match): archaeological and nature. Optionally filter by country (name or ISO code) and kind. Results come best-m…
- top_placesThe most famous places worldwide, in one country, or of one kind — ordered by Detourmap fame rank (derived from Wikipedia language coverage; rank 1 is the most famous). The direct answer to "most fam…
History
- 8 tools added: search_places, get_place, places_near, top_places, list_kinds, list_countries, get_statistics, random_place
- Became working (was unverified)
- First seen in the registry (1.1.0)