Bring your data. Connect its geography.
DaedalMap is geographic interoperability infrastructure: a loc_id identity
model, versioned boundary geometry, published crosswalks between geography
systems, and maintained data packs. Resolve coordinates and reference codes to
administrative matches, pull compatible shapes and data, and follow crosswalks
into other systems such as census tracts, postal areas, watersheds, and
electoral districts.
Use it through a remote MCP server, an HTTP API, a map app, downloadable files, or this repository, which is the open runtime behind all of them.
Website | App | Agent docs | Geometry | Data packs | Downloads | Convert a file | llms.txt
The hosted MCP server needs no install or account for discovery:
https://app.daedalmap.com/mcp
Claude Code:
claude mcp add --transport http daedalmap https://app.daedalmap.com/mcpCodex:
codex mcp add daedalmap --url https://app.daedalmap.com/mcpAny client that supports streamable HTTP MCP can use the same URL. Start with
how_geometry_works for geography jobs, or get_catalog, then get_pack,
then query_dataset for data. Setup for other clients is in the
agent docs.
Discovery and small geography lookups are free. Larger batches, exports, and
some data packs are metered, and paid calls return an x402 payment challenge
before any charge. get_catalog reports the access lane for each pack.
| Job | Tools |
|---|---|
| Learn the model | how_geometry_works, get_tool_help |
| Find what exists | read_geometry_catalog, list_reference_systems, get_catalog, get_pack |
| Coordinates to places | resolve_point, resolve_points, resolve_deep_point, resolve_deep_points |
| Identify a column of codes | identify_dataset_geography, identify_reference_system |
| Translate codes between systems | resolve_reference, convert_reference |
| Inspect and relate places | loc_id_info, compare_geographies, resolve_loc_id_scope |
| Shapes and exports | check_geometry, get_geometry, estimate_geometry_package, create_geometry_export |
| Convert your own rows | estimate_conversion_job, create_conversion_job, get_job_status |
| Query maintained data | query_dataset, get_earthquake_events, get_tsunami_events, get_volcanic_activity, get_fx_rates |
| Live feeds | get_live_earthquake_events, get_live_volcano_events |
| Cross-hazard links | get_disaster_links_for_event, get_disaster_link_chain, search_disaster_links |
Each tool takes strict JSON arguments. The calling model turns a user's question into those arguments, and the server returns typed errors with recovery guidance when a call is malformed.
loc_id is DaedalMap's geographic identity model. The administrative spine is
the main hierarchy and default join path:
USA country
USA-CA state
USA-CA-037 county
USA-CA-037-221710 census tract
Other geography families, such as postal areas, watersheds, tribal areas, and
marine regions, keep their own loc_id identities. Published crosswalks connect
them to the spine and to each other, and each crosswalk row carries its
relationship type, overlap weight, source, and vintage. A direct join works when
both datasets declare the same identity; otherwise the connection runs through a
crosswalk.
Schema details are in docs/DATA_SCHEMAS.md.
Geometry: global baseline plus 8+ deeper countries. The same geography tools work worldwide down to Admin 2. Country releases add deeper administrative tiers and reference families for Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Mexico, the United Kingdom, the United States, and more as releases publish.
Data: 20+ maintained data packs covering natural hazards (earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, floods, weather alerts), hazard risk and environmental burden, economic and business indicators, currency rates, population, and climate.
The catalogs are the authority for what is available now:
- Geometry: app.daedalmap.com/api/v1/geometry/catalog
- Data packs: app.daedalmap.com/api/v1/catalog
The Downloads page has three kinds of file:
- Program - the map app or local MCP runtime, to run DaedalMap on your machine.
- Data pack - maintained records for a subject, with source and release evidence.
- Geometry package - boundaries and reference geography for a country or family.
This repository is the open runtime: the FastAPI server, MCP and HTTP API, and map frontend. Use it to self-host, run against your own data, or extend the engine.
cd county-map
pip install -r requirements.txt
Copy-Item .env.example .envSet a data folder in .env:
INSTALL_MODE=local
RUNTIME_MODE=local
DATA_ROOT=C:/path/to/your/dataLeave DATA_ROOT blank to use the default app-data folder. No cloud storage,
database, or account is needed. The repository does not ship a data folder;
docs/DATA_INSTALLATION.md covers installing packs.
python app.pyThe app opens at http://localhost:7000, and the same MCP server is at
http://localhost:7000/mcp. Discovery routes:
GET /api/v1/guideGET /api/v1/catalogGET /api/v1/packs/{pack_id}POST /api/v1/query/dataset
Model API keys are optional. OPENAI_API_KEY or ANTHROPIC_API_KEY powers the
built-in chat panel only; MCP clients bring their own model. A self-hosted
instance returns commercial_access_unavailable on paid lanes unless you
configure a commercial verifier.
INSTALL_MODE |
RUNTIME_MODE |
Use |
|---|---|---|
local |
local |
Your machine, your data folder |
local |
cloud |
Your machine, Parquet read from object storage you configure |
cloud |
cloud |
A server deployment reading object storage |
In cloud data mode the runtime caches small metadata files locally and queries
Parquet in object storage through DuckDB httpfs. Details are in
docs/LOCAL_AND_HOSTED.md.
- docs/CONTEXT.md - technical router for the codebase
- docs/API_AND_MCP.md - HTTP routes and MCP surfaces
- docs/DATA_SCHEMAS.md - schemas and
loc_idconventions - docs/DATA_PREPARATION.md - convert and validate your own data
- docs/DATA_INSTALLATION.md - install data locally
- docs/PACK_AUTHORING.md - build research packs and corpora
- docs/RESEARCH_MCP.md - research with the hosted MCP
- docs/RUNTIME_MODES.md - Explore, Research, Ops, and Tutorial
- docs/SECURITY_AND_SELF_HOSTING.md - self-hosting securely
Questions, feedback, and self-hosting issues: support@daedalmap.com
MIT. Data packs and geometry carry their own source licenses, listed in each catalog entry.