MCP for ArcGIS Location Services (beta)
An Esri-hosted, remote Model Context Protocol server that exposes ArcGIS Location Services (geocoding, reverse geocoding, routing, elevation, static maps and GeoEnrichment) to MCP-compliant clients as tools, without the client calling the ArcGIS REST APIs directly. Announced as beta in the ArcGIS Location Platform release and documented in Esri's own developer documentation.
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Documentation
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Tools
find_address_candidates— Takes an address or place string and returns coordinates.reverse_geocode— Converts coordinates to the nearest address.solve_route— Solves a route between a start and end point, with optional intermediate stops and the ability to specify departure time for more accurate results.elevation_at_locations— Get the elevation for a given point (latitude and longitude) using the WGS84 coordinate system.map_with_overlay— Returns a static map in an ArcGIS Basemap style with points, polylines and/or polygons.get_topic_fields— Returns a set of fields for a topic (e.g. "population") that are available for a specified country.describe_location— Describes the specified location using the fields obtained from get_topic_fields.
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