Bounding box(bbox) GIS tool: coords conversion, EPSG, WKT, GeoJSON, H3, Overpass, POI, map viz
Bounding box(bbox) GIS tool: coords conversion, EPSG, WKT, GeoJSON, H3, Overpass, POI, map viz
Is it safe?
No known CVEs for bbox-mcp-server.
No authentication — any process on your machine can connect to this server.
License not specified.
Last scanned 0 days ago.
Is it maintained?
Last commit 0 days ago. 2 GitHub stars. 1,200 weekly downloads.
Will it work with my client?
Transport: stdio, http. Works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Claude Code, and most MCP clients.
How much context will it use?
6 tools. Estimated ~900 tokens of your context window (0.4% of 200K).
What if it doesn't work?
Common issues: JSON syntax errors in config, wrong Node.js version, npx cache, network or firewall blocking. covers troubleshooting.
{
"mcpServers": {
"bbox": {
"args": [
"-y",
"bbox-mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}Run this in your terminal to verify the server starts. Then let us know if it worked — your result helps other developers.
npx -y bbox-mcp-server 2>&1 | head -1 && echo "✓ Server started successfully"
After testing, let us know if it worked:
get_boundsConvert and project a bounding box across 6 input formats, 9 output formats, and 3,900+ coordinate systems. Returns the center point and tile coordinates for the centroid.
get_h3_indicesGenerate Uber H3 hexagonal cell indices covering a bounding box.
search_overpassExecute an Overpass QL query within a bounding box. Returns structured results with names, coordinates, and tags.
list_osm_tagsLook up the correct OpenStreetMap tags for a category before writing an Overpass query.
aggregate_overpass_h3Run an Overpass query and bin results into H3 hexagons for spatial density analysis. Returns counts per cell and GeoJSON hex boundaries.
generate_share_urlGenerate a shareable link to visualize a bounding box on the interactive map at vibhorsingh.com/boundingbox.
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