MCP server

Detourmap Places Official

com.detourmap/places

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Places worth a detour, from Wikidata: search, nearby lookup, fame rankings, stats. No key, CC0.

Website

At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

detourmap.com (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

8

Token cost

About 1,257 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http places https://detourmap.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.places]
url = "https://detourmap.com/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"places":{"httpUrl":"https://detourmap.com/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"places":{"url":"https://detourmap.com/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"places":{"type":"http","url":"https://detourmap.com/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add places https://detourmap.com/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"places","server_url":"https://detourmap.com/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"places","server_url":"https://detourmap.com/mcp"}

Tools

• get_place ~144 tokens
  Fetch one place’s full record by slug (preferred, e.g. "neuschwanstein-castle") or exact name: coordinates, founding year, worldwide fame rank and tier, short description, photo URL, Wikipedia and Wikidata links, and a deep link that opens it on the map. Unsure of the slug? Call search_places first.
• get_statistics ~109 tokens
  Headline statistics computed live from the atlas: totals by kind, top countries, fame-tier sizes, dated-entry stats, geographic extremes and the most famous place. The source for aggregate claims like "how many castles are on Detourmap" or "which country has the most notable places".
• list_countries ~80 tokens
  Every country in the atlas with its place count, most first — answers "which country has the most notable places". Countries with eight or more places include a browsable index page URL.
• list_kinds ~75 tokens
  The layers Detourmap carries — archaeological and nature — with worldwide counts and a browsable index page for each. The atlas is cut to these kinds and holds nothing else.
• places_near ~259 tokens
  List notable places within a radius of a WGS84 coordinate, most famous first (rank order), each with distance_km — the direct answer to "what is worth visiting near <place>?". Radius defaults to 50 km (max 500). Geocode the location yourself, then call this with its latitude/longitude. Filter by kin
• random_place ~150 tokens
  One random place with its full record — deliberately biased toward the little-known long tail, like the site’s own "Surprise me" button. Optionally limit by country and/or kind. Great for discovery and "place of the day" features.
• search_places ~248 tokens
  Search 39,832 notable places worldwide by name (accent- and case-insensitive substring match): archaeological and nature. Optionally filter by country (name or ISO code) and kind. Results come best-match-first, then by fame; each carries coordinates, fame rank/tier and links to the map and Wikipedia
• top_places ~192 tokens
  The most famous places worldwide, in one country, or of one kind — ordered by Detourmap fame rank (derived from Wikipedia language coverage; rank 1 is the most famous). The direct answer to "most famous <kind> in <country>" and "what are the must-sees in <country>".

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• Maps and places
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