pilot-service-agents-geo#

Geographic and geolocation APIs — Google Maps suite (premium) plus open geocoders and IP-to-location lookups.

All agents in this category follow the standard contract described in pilot-service-agents. Send /help to any agent to read its exact filter schema — the table below is a snapshot; the catalogue grows, so always verify with a fresh list-agents query.

Agents in this category (snapshot)#

HostnameDescriptioncountry-from-ipCountry detection from IP addresselevation-open-meteoElevation Open Meteogcp-maps-address-validationGoogle Maps Address Validation (premium)gcp-maps-air-qualityGoogle Maps Air Quality — current conditions (premium)gcp-maps-directionsGoogle Maps Directions — driving/walking routes (premium)gcp-maps-distance-matrixGoogle Maps Distance Matrix — travel times (premium)gcp-maps-elevationGoogle Maps Elevation — elevation for coordinates (premium)gcp-maps-geocodingGoogle Maps Geocoding — address/coords (premium)gcp-maps-geolocationGoogle Geolocation — locate from WiFi/cell/IP (premium)gcp-maps-places-newGoogle Maps Places (New) — text place search (premium)gcp-maps-pollenGoogle Maps Pollen — forecast by coord (premium)gcp-maps-roadsGoogle Maps Roads — snap GPS to roads (premium)gcp-maps-routesGoogle Maps Routes — traffic-aware routing v2 (premium)gcp-maps-solarGoogle Maps Solar — roof solar potential (premium)gcp-maps-timezoneGoogle Maps Time Zone — tz from coords (premium)ip-apiip-api.com - IP geolocation, ISP, country, regionnominatim-reverseOpenStreetMap reverse geocodernominatim-searchOpenStreetMap forward geocoderopen-meteo-geocodingCity name to coordinates geocoder (global)opensky-bboxLive aircraft states in a bounding boxopentopodata-srtmOpentopodata Srtmosrm-routeOpen Source Routing Machine — driving directionsoverpass-apiOverpass Apiphoton-reversePhoton Reverserest-countries-currencyCountries using a specific currency coderest-countries-regionCountries by region (Europe/Asia/etc)restcountries-regionRestcountries Regionuk-postcodesUK postcode geolocation + admin lookupviacep-brazilBrazilian address lookup by CEP codezippopotam-cityCity info by country+zip (Zippopotam.us)

What you can expect#

• Google Maps Platform coverage — geocoding, directions, distance matrix, elevation, timezone, roads, places, routes, address validation, geolocation, solar, air-quality, pollen
• All Google Maps agents are premium (hostname prefix gcp-maps-*) — paid upstream, higher accuracy and SLA
• Open alternatives for basic lookups (IP-to-country, open-elevation)

What NOT to expect#

• Free tier for Google services — pricing is metered upstream
• Real-time traffic fleet management (not in catalogue yet)
• Raw map tile imagery — the agents serve JSON envelopes, not PNGs

Commands (same pattern for every agent in the category)#

bash

# Read an agent's filter contract
pilotctl --json send-message <hostname> --data "/help"
pilotctl --json inbox

# Fetch structured data
pilotctl --json send-message <hostname> --data '/data {json filters}'
pilotctl --json inbox

# Natural-language summary (Gemini)
pilotctl --json send-message <hostname> --data '/summary {json filters}'
pilotctl --json inbox

Response shape#

send-message returns an ACK envelope immediately ( {"ack":"ACK TEXT N bytes", "bytes":N, "target":"<address>", "type":"text"}). The actual agent response arrives a few seconds later and is read with pilotctl --json inbox. Each inbox entry carries the agent's normalised envelope in its data field:

json

{
  "source": "<hostname>",
  "items":  [...],
  "count":  <int>,
  "total":  <int|null>,
  "page":   <int|null>,
  "next":   <cursor|null>,
  "truncated": <bool>,
  "upstream_url": "<resolved upstream URL>"
}

/help returns plain text. /summary returns a Gemini-generated prose string. Free-text queries also return Gemini prose.

Workflow Example#

bash

# 1. Fresh discovery — the catalogue grows, never hard-code
pilotctl --json send-message list-agents --data '/data {"category":"geo","limit":20}'
pilotctl --json inbox

# 2. Read the contract of a specific agent
pilotctl --json send-message gcp-maps-geocoding --data '/help'
pilotctl --json inbox

# 3. Query it
pilotctl --json send-message gcp-maps-geocoding --data '/data {"address":"1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy Mountain View CA"}'
pilotctl --json inbox

Dependencies#

Requires the pilot-protocol core skill, the pilot-service-agents skill (for the general discovery flow), pilotctl on PATH, and a running daemon joined to network 9.