MCP server · Esri

arcgis-location-services

An Esri-hosted Model Context Protocol server that exposes ArcGIS Location Services — geocoding, routing, elevation, static maps and GeoEnrichment — to MCP-compliant clients and AI agents without calling the ArcGIS REST APIs directly. Announced in the July 2026 ArcGIS Location Platform release; still labelled beta and gated behind an "Allow beta access" portal privilege.

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Provider: Esri Type: Hosted endpoint Transport: http Host: location-services-mcp.arcgis.com

Endpoint

https://location-services-mcp.arcgis.com/beta/mcp

Hosted endpoint · transport http

Connect

This is a remote MCP server — point an MCP client at the endpoint URL. Clients with native remote support (Claude, Cursor, VS Code, …):

# mcp client config (e.g. .mcp.json / mcp settings) { "mcpServers": { "esri": { "url": "https://location-services-mcp.arcgis.com/beta/mcp" } } }

For stdio-only clients (older Claude Desktop, etc.), bridge with mcp-remote:

# Add to claude_desktop_config.json { "mcpServers": { "esri": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://location-services-mcp.arcgis.com/beta/mcp"] } } }

If the server requires authentication, add the provider's token/header (e.g. an X-API-Key) per its docs. A quick reachability check:

curl -i -X POST https://location-services-mcp.arcgis.com/beta/mcp \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \ -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'

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. Not all topics are available for every country.
describe_location — Describes the specified location using the fields obtained from get_topic_fields.

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