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Geocode
An MCP tool from the Public Knowledge server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.
Find the coordinates, country, region, timezone, population and elevation of a city, town or landmark by name (Open-Meteo geocoding, worldwide). Returns several candidates when the name is ambiguous.
Name on the gateway: knowledge__geocode · read-only.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
place required | string | Place name, e.g. "Pune" or "Springfield, Illinois". |
limit | integer | Candidates (default 5, max 20). |
language | string | Language for names, e.g. "en", "hi". Default "en". |
How to call it
Through the Smart Gateway, any client can run it by name with call_tool, or let the gateway find it with search_tools:
{
"name": "knowledge__geocode",
"arguments": {
"place": "…"
}
}Or connect the Public Knowledge server directly, which lists 47 tools including this one:
claude mcp add --transport http hj-knowledge https://mcp.hjlabs.in/mcp/knowledge \
--header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"Try asking
Use the geocode tool with place set to ….