Geography
Geocode an address into normalized place details, latitude, and longitude coordinates
Call this tool from your code in three languages.
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/address-to-lat-lon' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"address":"1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA","countryCodes":"us or us,ca,gb"}'Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.
POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/address-to-lat-lon| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| address | textarea | Yes | — |
| countryCodes | text | No | Optional ISO-3166 alpha-2 country codes to narrow ambiguous addresses |
HTML result
{
"result": "<div>Processed HTML content</div>",
"error": "Error message (optional)",
"message": "Notification message (optional)",
"metadata": {
"key": "value"
}
}Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.
Add this block to your MCP client configuration:
{
"mcpServers": {
"elysiatools-address-to-lat-lon": {
"name": "address-to-lat-lon",
"description": "Geocode an address into normalized place details, latitude, and longitude coordinates",
"baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=address-to-lat-lon",
"command": "",
"args": [],
"env": {},
"isActive": true,
"type": "sse"
}
}
}After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/list"
}Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 2,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "address-to-lat-lon",
"arguments": {
"address": "1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA",
"countryCodes": "us or us,ca,gb"
}
}
}Questions or issues? Contact [email protected]