ThinAir Geo MCP Server

Give your AI agent complete geospatial awareness — geocode addresses and intersections, route across multiple modes (auto, truck, bicycle, pedestrian), check live traffic and weather, draw reachability polygons, and search places. Confidence-scored results so your agent knows when to ask again. 19 tools via MCP.

19 MCP tools · Geocoding, routing, traffic, weather, places · Built for fleet-grade workflows

console

> geocode "Port of Houston Bayport Terminal"
✓ matched: Bayport Container Terminal
✓ confidence: 0.97
✓ coordinates: 29.6008, -95.0201

Part of ThinAir

ThinAir Geo is the geospatial intelligence layer behind ThinAir fleet workflows: geocoding, routing context, address search, service-area visibility, map intelligence, traffic, weather, and reachability.

Hosted product vs this repository

geo.thinair.co is the hosted ThinAir product.
This repository is the thin public MCP package/pointer for developers and AI-agent clients.
Production use may require a ThinAir account, API key, OAuth connection, or hosted workspace.

What It Does

ThinAir Geo is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives AI agents full-stack geospatial tooling — no API integration required. Coordinates you can actually route from: intersection-level precision with confidence scores, no silent fallbacks (returns an empty result instead of a city-centroid guess when uncertain).

Geocoding — Forward, reverse, intersection, and batch (50/call). Results include confidence and method so agents can branch on quality.
Routing — Multi-profile: auto, truck, bicycle, pedestrian, motorcycle. 10 truck-specific presets (dry van, flatbed, step-deck, tanker, box truck, auto-carrier, sprinter, double trailer, oversize) with hazmat / dimensions / weight / time-distance constraints native.
Traffic — Real-time conditions for 30+ US metros.
Weather — Current conditions and forecasts.
Place Search & Explore — Nearby POIs, locality discovery with population filtering.
Isochrones — Drive-time / walk-time reachability polygons (multiple bands per call).

Product Links

Product: https://geo.thinair.co
Connect / get key: https://geo.thinair.co/connect
Docs: https://geo.thinair.co/docs/getting-started
Pricing: https://geo.thinair.co/checkout
ThinAir: https://thinair.co

Tools

Tool	Description
`geocode`	Convert addresses, place names, or intersections to coordinates
`reverse_geocode`	Convert coordinates to addresses
`batch_geocode`	Geocode up to 50 addresses in one call (returns `geojson` FeatureCollection)
`directions`	Turn-by-turn routing — auto, truck, bicycle, pedestrian, motorcycle
`isochrone`	Travel-time / -distance reachability polygons (multi-band)
`traffic`	Real-time traffic conditions
`weather`	Current conditions and forecasts
`search_places`	Find nearby POIs by category (gas, charging, food, lodging, …)
`explore`	Browse cities, neighborhoods, and venues by region
`geocode_structured`	Geocode from discrete address components (form / CRM fields) instead of free text
`resolve_intersection`	Resolve a named cross-street (street1 × street2) to a coordinate with a confidence score
`distance_matrix`	Road distances + travel times for every origin → destination pair (≤ 625 pairs)
`locate`	Snap a coordinate to the road network — road name, class, speed limit, legality, timezone, point elevation
`map_match`	Snap a raw GPS trace (2–100 points) to the road-accurate route actually driven
`trace_attributes`	Per-segment road attributes (names, classes, speed limits, surfaces) along a matched trace
`geofence_contains`	Point-in-polygon test against a GeoJSON polygon (one boolean per point)
`place_get`	Look up a place by its stable ThinAir id (`ta_place_…` / `ta_intersection_…`)
`quota`	Inspect your current plan, daily usage, and remaining capacity (free, never debits)
`issue_api_key`	Mint a fresh API key for the current tenant (counts as 1 query)

Truck Vehicle Profiles

Pass any of these as vehicle_profile on directions or isochrone to set dimensions automatically:

Profile	Dimensions / Use case
`DRY_VAN_53`	53′ dry van — standard US freight (default)
`FLATBED_48`	48′ flatbed, loaded height 14′
`FLATBED_40`	40′ flatbed, regional / specialty
`STEP_DECK`	Step-deck / drop-deck, 11′3″ upper-deck clearance
`TANKER`	Liquid/gas tanker (pair with `hazmat=true`)
`BOX_TRUCK_26`	26′ box truck, local delivery
`AUTO_CARRIER`	Car hauler / auto transport
`SPRINTER_VAN`	Cargo van, last-mile (9′ tall)
`DOUBLE_TRAILER`	Twin 28′ pups, LTL long-haul (92′ total)
`OVERSIZE`	Permitted oversize loads — override dimensions per haul

Individual params (truck_height, truck_weight, truck_length, axle_count, etc.) override the preset.

Quick Start

Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf — OAuth (recommended, keyless)

Add to your client's MCP config (e.g. ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "thinair-geo": {
      "url": "https://geo.thinair.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The OAuth flow completes at first use — no manual token setup required. Free tier: 15 requests/day, no card.

API key (for non-OAuth clients)

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "thinair-geo": {
      "url": "https://geo.thinair.co/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ta_live_..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Get a key at https://geo.thinair.co/connect.

npx (CLI / scripts)

Terminal

npx -y @thinairtelematics/geo

Prints a config block to stdout for your client. Same OAuth-keyless option as above by default.

Not for secrets

Do not commit API keys. Use OAuth where supported or pass API keys through your MCP client's secure environment/header configuration.

npm Package

npmjs.com/package/@thinairtelematics/geo

Previously published as thinair-geo (now deprecated in favor of the scoped package).

Thinair Geo README