March 2025
MCP Server
- Remote MCP server at
mcp.footstep.ai. Connect from Claude, Cursor, OpenAI, Gemini, and more with no installation required. - 13 tools covering routing, geocoding, elevation, isochrones, matrices, stop optimisation, route comparison, GPS trace snapping, place search, and search along route.
Routing API
- Route comparison (
POST /v1/routing/compare). Compare 2-4 travel modes between the same locations with a side-by-side summary of distance, duration, and terrain difficulty. - Find and route (
POST /v1/routing/find-and-route). Geocode a destination and route to it in one call. - Search along route (
POST /v1/routing/search-along-route). Find places along a route corridor, ranked by how little detour they add. - Route narratives. Pass
narrative: trueto get an AI-generated natural language summary of any route.
Geocoding API
- Place search (
GET /v1/geocoding/places). Search for places and points of interest near a location by category or keyword.
AI API
- Natural language query (
POST /v1/ai/query). Ask a geospatial question in plain English and get a structured response. - Address correction (
POST /v1/ai/parse-address). Correct, standardise, and structure messy address strings.
Documentation
- Initial public release of the Footstep API documentation.