generated: '2026-07-18'
method: searched
status: published
source: https://github.com/baidu-maps/mcp
server:
  name: baidu-maps
  official: true
  license: MIT
  transport: [http, sse, stdio]
  hosted:
    streamable_http: https://mcp.map.baidu.com/mcp
    sse: https://mcp.map.baidu.com/sse
    auth: API key (AK) passed as `ak` query parameter; MCP (SSE) must be enabled on the Baidu Maps Open Platform
  packages:
    - registry: pypi
      name: mcp-server-baidu-maps
    - registry: npm
      name: "@baidumap/mcp-server-baidu-map"
tools:
  - name: map_geocode
    description: Convert an address to geographic coordinates
  - name: map_reverse_geocode
    description: Convert coordinates to a structured address
  - name: map_search_places
    description: POI search by keyword within a region or radius
  - name: map_place_details
    description: Retrieve detailed information for a POI
  - name: map_directions_matrix
    description: Batch route/distance calculation across multiple origins and destinations
  - name: map_directions
    description: Point-to-point route planning (driving, walking, riding, transit)
  - name: map_weather
    description: Weather query by location or district code
  - name: map_ip_location
    description: Approximate geolocation from an IP address
  - name: map_road_traffic
    description: Real-time road traffic conditions
  - name: map_poi_extract
    description: Extract POIs from free text (requires advanced permission)
notes: >
  Official Baidu Maps MCP server. A remote hosted server is offered at mcp.map.baidu.com
  (Streamable HTTP + SSE) in addition to the self-hosted stdio/SSE packages. Baidu's other
  products (Qianfan LLM, AI Open Platform) expose OpenAI-compatible / REST APIs but no
  first-party MCP server was found at time of search.