GOV Historical Gazetteer vs MCP Ip2location IO
A side-by-side look at the GOV Historical Gazetteer and MCP Ip2location IO MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
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GOV Historical GazetteerLocation Services · Local subprocess (stdio)German historical gazetteer GOV: a place's name, Kreis, parish and Standesamt in any year.53GoodAuth: no auth requiredVerdict: choose GOV Historical Gazetteer for location services work as a local process; choose MCP Ip2location IO for location services over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
GChoose GOV Historical Gazetteer when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Location Services domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
- You have the keys it needs:
GOV_GAZETTEER_CACHE_DIR, GOV_GAZETTEER_TIMEOUT, GOV_GAZETTEER_MIN_INTERVAL, GOV_GAZETTEER_CONTACT. - You want tools like
gov_search, gov_object, gov_place_at_date.
Choose MCP Ip2location IO when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Location Services domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
- Its auth model fits you: API key required.
- You have the keys it needs:
IP2LOCATION_API_KEY. - You want tools like
get_geolocation.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | G GOV Historical Gazetteer | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Location Services | Location Services |
| Quality signal | 53/100 · Good | 82/100 · Excellent |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | No auth required | API key required |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Required env vars | GOV_GAZETTEER_CACHE_DIRGOV_GAZETTEER_TIMEOUTGOV_GAZETTEER_MIN_INTERVALGOV_GAZETTEER_CONTACT | IP2LOCATION_API_KEY |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Verified |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 16 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 4 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 6 | 1 |
| Full listing | View GOV Historical Gazetteer | View MCP Ip2location IO |
Tools & capabilities
GOV Historical Gazetteer tools 6
gov_searchFind places by name: GOV id, names, types, coordinates and current parents. `within` limits the search to what lies inside a Kreis, province or state at any date; `place_type` keeps villages, parishes, Standesämter and so on.gov_objectOne object in full: every name with its language and dates, every type with dates, coordinates, external ids, and each part-of, located-in and represents relation with its dates and GOV's source ids. `children` lists what lies inside it, such as a parish's villages. Takes a GOV id, a GOV page addre…gov_place_at_dateA place in one year: its name then and the civil chain above it to the state, each level with its type and the link's dates. Links GOV leaves undated, or attests only in another year, are marked.gov_registersThe parish (by confession, where GOV records it) and the Standesamt that covered a place in one year, the bodies above each parish whose archive may hold the books, and the local court. Says plainly when GOV records no parish or no Standesamt.gov_enclosuresEvery dated enclosure of a place and of each civil place above it, shaped for a dated place tree: one entry per parent with its periods, current first, each with a `gramps_date` such as `from 1871-01-01 to 1937-03-31`, and a suggested Gramps place type.cache_statusThis session's requests to GOV, by operation, and cache use. Makes no request.
MCP Ip2location IO tools 1
get_geolocationFetch geolocation for the given IP address(es). CRITICAL INSTRUCTION FOR AI AGENT: If the user provides multiple IP addresses in their prompt, DO NOT call this tool multiple times sequentially. You MUST batch all IP addresses together into a single comma-separated string and make exactly ONE tool call. It helps users to retrieve detailed information such as country, region, city, latitude, longitude, ZIP code, time zone, ASN, and proxy information for any IPv4 or IPv6 address. Args: ip: The IP address to analyze (IPv4 or IPv6). For multiple IPs, you MUST combine them into a single string separated by commas (e.g., "1.1.1.1, 2.2.2.2"). Returns: A JSON string result includes: Location & Geography: Country, region, district, city, ZIP code, latitude & longitude, time zone. Network & Connectivity ASN (Autonomous System Number), ISP (Internet Service Provider), domain, net speed, IDD code, area code, address type, usage type. Mobile Information MNC (Mobile Network Code), MCC (Mobile Country Code), Mobile Brand. Currency & Language currency code, currency name, currency symbol, language code, language name. Proxy & Security proxy type, last seen, threat level/type, proxy provider, fraud score. Others IAB category, weather, elevation, population and more. Note that some information may only available in paid plan. Learn more on this in https://www.ip2location.io/pricing. REMINDER: Always respond with the raw JSON object as returned by the API. Do not summarize, reformat, or add any additional commentary outside of the JSON structure.
Ready-to-paste client configs
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
GOV Historical Gazetteer
{
"mcpServers": {
"gov-historical-gazetteer": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"gov-gazetteer-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GOV_GAZETTEER_CACHE_DIR": "YOUR_GOV_GAZETTEER_CACHE_DIR_HERE",
"GOV_GAZETTEER_TIMEOUT": "YOUR_GOV_GAZETTEER_TIMEOUT_HERE",
"GOV_GAZETTEER_MIN_INTERVAL": "YOUR_GOV_GAZETTEER_MIN_INTERVAL_HERE",
"GOV_GAZETTEER_CONTACT": "YOUR_GOV_GAZETTEER_CONTACT_HERE"
}
}
}
}
MCP Ip2location IO
{
"mcpServers": {
"ip2location-mcp-ip2location-io": {
"url": "https://mcp.ip2location.io/"
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
GOV Historical Gazetteer is categorized under Location Services and uses a local stdio subprocess. MCP Ip2location IO belongs to Location Services and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Pick GOV Historical Gazetteer for location services work and MCP Ip2location IO for location services.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
GOV Historical Gazetteer is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. MCP Ip2location IO is listed as freemium — a free tier with paid plans. Auth: api key required. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add gov-historical-gazetteer and ip2location-mcp-ip2location-io as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, GOV Historical Gazetteer has a quality signal of 53/100 (Good) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. MCP Ip2location IO has 82/100 (Excellent) with 4 views, 0 installs and 16 GitHub stars.