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geonames-mcp-server

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Search GeoNames places, walk admin hierarchies, reverse geocode, get postal codes and country info.

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Uptime
100.0%
5 direct probes · 30d
Response
1569ms
last probe
Tools
8
callable
Resources
1
readable
Prompts
0
available
Primary URL
https://geonames.caseyjhand.com/mcp
Score: 100/100
Handshake verified by our own probe.
pass Answers the MCP handshake 50/50
The handshake and the list calls succeeded on the primary URL.
pass Lists tools, resources or prompts 30/30
8 tools, 1 resources, 0 prompts returned.
pass 3 or more catalogue items 10/10
9 items in total; 3 or more earns these points.
pass Describes itself 10/10
99 characters; more than 30 earns these points.

Tools · 8

geonames_search_places

Search the GeoNames gazetteer of 13M+ places by name and filters: country, admin division by its GeoNames code (adminCode1 TX with countries US for Texas), feature class (P populated places, A admin d…

geonames_get_place

Fetch the full GeoNames record for one geonameId: coordinates, feature type, the admin chain with each level's code, name, and geonameId, timezone, bounding box, recorded and DEM elevation, population…

geonames_get_hierarchy

Return the parent chain of a GeoNames feature, ordered from Earth and its continent through the country and admin divisions down to the feature itself, each with its geonameId, feature code, and coord…

geonames_get_children

List the direct children of a GeoNames feature — Earth's continents, a continent's countries, a country's first-level divisions, a state's counties, a city's sections — in the administrative tree, or …

geonames_reverse_geocode

Resolve a latitude/longitude to the country and admin subdivisions that contain it (down to ADM5, each with its geonameId and ISO 3166-2 code where one exists), or the ocean or sea when the point is o…

geonames_find_postal_codes

Look up postal codes in the GeoNames postal database (122 countries): mode code resolves a postal code to its place, admin names, and centroid; mode place_name finds postal codes for a place name; bot…

geonames_get_countries

Get GeoNames country facts — ISO alpha-2, alpha-3, and numeric codes, FIPS code, geonameId, capital, population, area in km², continent, languages, currency, postal-code format, and mainland bounding …

geonames_list_reference

Decode GeoNames vocabulary used by the other tools: topic feature_classes lists the 9 one-letter classes; topic feature_codes lists the 684 feature codes with names and definitions, filterable by clas…

Resources · 1

geonames-guide

Gates and identifier crossings for the geonames_* gazetteer tools. Covers moving from a postal code to gazetteer admin codes and geonameIds, a town's complete postal-code list, a city that exists as t…

skill://geonames-guide/SKILL.md

Skills · 1

geonames-guide

Gates and identifier crossings for the geonames_* gazetteer tools. Covers moving from a postal code to gazetteer admin codes and geonameIds, a town's complete postal-code list, a city that exists as t…

skill://geonames-guide/SKILL.md
1 file

How to use

Claude Desktop or claude.ai: add a custom connector (Customize → Connectors; on Team and Enterprise plans an owner adds it under Organization settings → Connectors) with this server URL: https://geonames.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Cursor or Cline: add to your MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "geonames-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://geonames.caseyjhand.com/mcp",
      "transport": "http"
    }
  }
}