MapNetwork MCP server

English | 日本語

mapnetwork-mcp

MCP server for MapNetwork — turn places in Japan into styled, illustration-like map images (PNG / SVG), directly from Claude or any MCP-compatible AI assistant.

Maps are built from detailed OpenStreetMap data served by MapNetwork's own Overpass API for Japan, so coverage is currently limited to Japan (country code JP) — requests for places outside Japan return an error.

Since MapNetwork is built for Japan, a Japanese version of this README is also available: README.ja.md.

Features

• Generate a map from a place name or a list of markers
• Overlay a walking / driving route between two places
• 11 color themes (white, darkBlue, darkGreen, popArt, lightBlue, lightGreen, beige, magenta, gray, black, brown)
• PNG or SVG output, saved to your Downloads folder
• Slow-to-generate maps are handled automatically — generate_* tools poll internally, and download_map can pick up a job later if needed
• 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
• View any generated map in 3D — each result includes a link that draws a 3D rendering of the map in your own desktop browser and shows it as an image (not available on mobile devices)

Example Usage

Prompt: "城崎温泉の外湯を地図にして。" (Make a map of the public bathhouses of Kinosaki Onsen.)

The map it generated, saved to your Downloads folder:

The result also includes three links. Open them in a browser to get more out of the same map — no need to regenerate.

Download link — change the color theme by editing the link's colorSet parameter (here &colorSet=black):

View 3D link — a 3D rendering of the map, drawn in your desktop browser and shown as an image:

Open in editor link — customize the map by hand in the MapNetwork web editor (here: buildings hidden, patchwork turned on, and the popArt color theme applied):

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", "generate_markers_map", "generate_route_map", "download_map", "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 three links at mapnetwork.app: a download link for the PNG, a link to edit the map, and a link to view the map in 3D (the 3D rendering is drawn in your own desktop browser and shown as an image after a few seconds; it is not available on mobile devices). Open the links in a browser to view or save the image, to edit the map, or to see it in 3D. The local server returns the same three links after saving the PNG.

Tools

Tool	Description
generate_map	Generate a styled map image centered on a single place and save it to Downloads
generate_markers_map	Generate a map with multiple pinned locations
generate_route_map	Compute a walking or driving route between two places and generate a map with it overlaid
download_map	Check a pending generate_* job and download it once ready
redownload_map	Re-download a previously generated map in a different color theme or format — instant, no regeneration

Example prompts

Japanese

• "東京タワー周辺の地図を作って"
• "上野駅が最寄りの美術館・博物館を地図にして"
• "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"
• "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 Tokyo Tower"
• "Show a map of the museums near Ueno Station"
• "Show a walking route from Akasaka Station to Akasaka Hikawa Shrine on a map"
• "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