Maps

A map of Britain you can move around, and the tiles under it — Ordnance Survey, free

Open Maps →

Calling it

Everything here is public and free. No token, no account, no payment.

curl https://micro.mu/api/v1/maps/area

The same method over MCP, which is what an agent speaks: maps_area. The answer is identical.

How every call behaves →

Methods

GET /api/v1/maps/area

Every tile covering a bounding box at a zoom level, as URLs, row by row from the north-west, and how many are already held. What to ask for when you want the map around a place rather than one numbered tile

ArgumentTypeDescription
northnumberNorthern edge, in degrees latitude
southnumberSouthern edge
eastnumberEastern edge, in degrees longitude
westnumberWestern edge
zoomnumberZoom level, 0 to 20
stylestringroad, outdoor or light
curl \
  "https://micro.mu/api/v1/maps/area"
GET /api/v1/maps/tile

The URL for one map tile, by zoom, column and row. Styles: road, outdoor (rights of way and contours), light (a quiet basemap to draw on). Free. Britain only

ArgumentTypeDescription
znumberZoom level, 0 to 20
xnumberTile column at that zoom
ynumberTile row at that zoom
stylestringroad, outdoor or light — outdoor has rights of way and contours
curl \
  "https://micro.mu/api/v1/maps/tile"

The same methods are tools over MCP, and every service on this instance is in one reference. Same method, same answer, same price.