mapnetwork-mcp

MCP server for MapNetwork — generate styled map images (PNG / SVG) for any location on Earth, directly from Claude or any MCP-compatible AI assistant.

Features

• Generate maps from a place name, coordinates, or a list of markers

• 11 color themes (white, darkBlue, darkGreen, popArt, lightBlue, lightGreen, beige, magenta, gray, black, brawn)

• Overlay walking / driving routes on the map

• PNG or SVG output, saved to your Downloads folder

• Re-download a previously generated map in a different theme or format without regenerating

• Open any generated map in the MapNetwork web editor for manual customization

Related MCP server: Valhalla MCP Server

Example Usage

Prompt: "Generate a map around the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa."

Here is the map it generated:

Prompt: "Redownload that map in a few different color themes."

The same map, redownloaded in different color themes:

Installation

Claude Desktop

Using the .mcpb extension file (recommended)

The easiest way to install is via the .mcpb extension file available on the Releases page.

1. Download the latest .mcpb file from the Releases page.

2. Open Claude Desktop and go to Settings → Extensions.

3. Drag the downloaded .mcpb file onto the Extensions panel to install.

Manual configuration

Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mapnetwork": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mapnetwork-mcp"],
      "alwaysAllow": ["generate_map", "compute_route", "redownload_map"]
    }
  }
}

If you use pip instead of uvx:

pip install mapnetwork-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mapnetwork": {
      "command": "mapnetwork-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Remote MCP Server

You can also use MapNetwork through MCP without installing anything, via the remote MCP server:

https://mapnetwork.app/mcp

In Claude, go to Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector and register the URL above.

The key difference from this local server is how you receive the generated map image. Since mapnetwork-mcp runs on your PC, it can save the generated image directly to your Downloads folder. The remote server can't do this — most AI assistants are unable to properly display or save tool-result images within the chat — so instead of image data, it returns a text response with a download link and a link to edit the map at mapnetwork.app. Open the links in a browser to view or save the image, or to edit the map.

Tools

Example prompts

Japanese

• "渋谷駅周辺の地図を作って"

• "赤坂駅から赤坂氷川神社までの徒歩ルートを地図にして"

• "東京駅・日本橋駅・京橋駅を1枚の地図に表示して"

• "日比谷公園の1キロ四方の地図を出して"

• "その地図を darkBlue テーマでSVG画像で出し直して"

• "生成した地図の編集用リンクをください"

English

• "Generate a map around Shibuya Station"

• "Show a walking route from Akasaka Station to Akasaka Hikawa Shrine on a map"

• "Put Tokyo Station, Nihonbashi Station, and Kyobashi Station on a single map"

• "Show a 1km square map of Hibiya Park"

• "Redownload that map as an SVG in the darkBlue theme"

• "Give me a link to edit the generated map"

Links

• Web UI: https://mapnetwork.app

• Web UI Manual: https://mapnetwork.app/manual

• API docs: https://mapnetwork.app/openapi.json

mcp-name: io.github.toruproject/mapnetwork-mcp