What problem does it solve?
This Skill eliminates the need for paid location APIs or manual map lookups by providing free, open-source location intelligence for geocoding, points of interest search, routing, and timezone queries using only open data sources.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Geocoding & Reverse Geocoding: Convert place names to coordinates or coordinates to full addresses, perfect for processing location pins from chat apps.
- Nearby POI Search: Find restaurants, hospitals, hotels, and 40+ other point of interest categories within a custom radius of any location, with distance and clickable map links.
- Routing & Navigation: Calculate driving, walking, or cycling distance and travel time between two places, plus get turn-by-turn directions.
- Use Case: A user sends a Telegram location pin from a café and asks for nearby pharmacies within 1km; the Skill returns a sorted list of pharmacies with distances, addresses, and tap-to-open map links.
Quick Start
Use the maps skill to find 3 nearby museums within 2km of the Eiffel Tower.