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US places then: county on a date, PLSS land, GNIS names, old topo maps, post offices.
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~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"ianderso-us-places-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"us-places-mcp"
],
"env": {
"US_PLACES_OVERPASS_URL": "https://overpass-api.openhistoricalmap.org/api/interpreter",
"US_PLACES_PLSS_URL": "https://gis.blm.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Cadastral/BLM_Natl_PLSS_CadNSDI/MapServer",
"US_PLACES_GNIS_URL": "https://carto.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/geonames/MapServer",
"US_PLACES_GNIS_ARCHIVE_URL": "https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/Archive/MainDomestic",
"US_PLACES_TNM_URL": "https://tnmaccess.nationalmap.gov/api/v1/products",
"US_PLACES_DATAVERSE_URL": "https://dataverse.harvard.edu",
"US_PLACES_CACHE_DIR": "~/.cache/us-places-mcp",
"US_PLACES_TIMEOUT": "60",
"US_PLACES_CONTACT": ""
}
}
}
}
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Environment
| Name | Required | Notes |
|---|
| US_PLACES_OVERPASS_URL | No | OpenHistoricalMap's Overpass endpoint. |
| US_PLACES_PLSS_URL | No | BLM's national PLSS (CadNSDI) map service. |
| US_PLACES_GNIS_URL | No | USGS's GNIS map service (The National Map). |
| US_PLACES_GNIS_ARCHIVE_URL | No | Where USGS keeps the August 2021 GNIS state files. |
| US_PLACES_TNM_URL | No | The National Map's TNM Access products API. |
| US_PLACES_DATAVERSE_URL | No | Harvard Dataverse, which holds the US post offices dataset. |
| US_PLACES_CACHE_DIR | No | Directory for the on-disk response cache and the downloaded datasets. |
| US_PLACES_TIMEOUT | No | HTTP timeout in seconds. |
| US_PLACES_CONTACT | No | An email address or URL appended to the User-Agent, so the services can reach whoever runs the server. |
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