# com.detourmap/places (remote · detourmap.com)

Places worth a detour, from Wikidata: search, nearby lookup, fame rankings, stats. No key, CC0.

- Trust score: 67/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +2
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-04

## Components

- remote · `detourmap.com`: 67/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-detourmap-places/detourmap.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-detourmap-places/detourmap)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://detourmap.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.1.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-08-04.

- **Endpoint Security**: 63/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 8 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 75/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1155 tokens (~144/item across 8 items; 8 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 30/100
  - Stability observed for 9 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 96/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 87% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-detourmap-places https://detourmap.com/mcp
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-detourmap-places]
url = "https://detourmap.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-detourmap-places": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://detourmap.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-detourmap-places --url https://detourmap.com/mcp --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-detourmap-places:
    url: "https://detourmap.com/mcp"
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-detourmap-places": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://detourmap.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-08-03 (score 67, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-08-01 (score 66, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 20. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 6 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-07-31 (score 65, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-30 (score 65, −1)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-29 (score 66, +1)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] Tool “search_places” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads

### 2026-07-27 (score 65, +1)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-26 (score 64)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (8)

### `search_places` (~227 tokens)

Search places by name

Search 111,955 notable places worldwide by name (accent- and case-insensitive substring match): ruins & the uncanny, sacred sites, built landmarks, nature & landscapes, parks & cemeteries, museums & culture and fun & leisure. Optionally filter by country (name or ISO code) and kind. Results come best-match-first, then by fame; each carries coordinates, fame rank/tier and links to the map and Wikipedia. If nothing matches, retry with a shorter fragment.

Input parameters:

- `country` (string): Country name or 2-letter ISO code (optional)
- `kind` (string): Kind of place — key or slug: ruins (Ruins & the uncanny), sacred (Sacred sites), landmark (Built landmarks), natural (Nature & landscapes), parks (Parks & cemeteries), museum (Museums & culture), fun…
- `limit` (integer): Max results (default 10)
- `query` (string, required): Name or part of a name, e.g. "pyramiden" or "plitvice"

### `get_place` (~103 tokens)

Get one place in full

Fetch one place’s full record by slug (preferred, e.g. "neuschwanstein-castle") or exact name: coordinates, founding year, worldwide fame rank and tier, short description, photo URL, Wikipedia and Wikidata links, and a deep link that opens it on the map. Unsure of the slug? Call search_places first.

Input parameters:

- `place` (string, required): Slug (preferred, e.g. "colosseum") or exact name

### `places_near` (~197 tokens)

Find places worth a detour near a point

List notable places within a radius of a WGS84 coordinate, most famous first (rank order), each with distance_km — the direct answer to "what is worth visiting near <place>?". Radius defaults to 50 km (max 500). Geocode the location yourself, then call this with its latitude/longitude. Filter by kind to answer e.g. "waterfalls near Zurich".

Input parameters:

- `kind` (string): Kind of place — key or slug: ruins (Ruins & the uncanny), sacred (Sacred sites), landmark (Built landmarks), natural (Nature & landscapes), parks (Parks & cemeteries), museum (Museums & culture), fun…
- `latitude` (number, required)
- `limit` (integer): Max results (default 15)
- `longitude` (number, required)
- `radius_km` (number): Search radius in km (default 50)

### `top_places` (~167 tokens)

Most famous places

The most famous places worldwide, in one country, or of one kind — ordered by Detourmap fame rank (derived from Wikipedia language coverage; rank 1 is the most famous). The direct answer to "most famous <kind> in <country>" and "what are the must-sees in <country>".

Input parameters:

- `country` (string): Country name or ISO code (optional — omit for worldwide)
- `kind` (string): Kind of place — key or slug: ruins (Ruins & the uncanny), sacred (Sacred sites), landmark (Built landmarks), natural (Nature & landscapes), parks (Parks & cemeteries), museum (Museums & culture), fun…
- `limit` (integer): How many (default 10)

### `list_kinds` (~57 tokens)

The seven kinds of place

Detourmap’s seven kinds (layers) with worldwide counts and browsable index pages — ruins & the uncanny, sacred sites, built landmarks, nature & landscapes, parks & cemeteries, museums & culture, and fun & leisure.

### `list_countries` (~46 tokens)

Countries with place counts

Every country in the atlas with its place count, most first — answers "which country has the most notable places". Countries with eight or more places include a browsable index page URL.

### `get_statistics` (~66 tokens)

Atlas statistics

Headline statistics computed live from the atlas: totals by kind, top countries, fame-tier sizes, dated-entry stats, geographic extremes and the most famous place. The source for aggregate claims like "how many castles are on Detourmap" or "which country has the most notable places".

### `random_place` (~136 tokens)

A random place worth a detour

One random place with its full record — deliberately biased toward the little-known long tail, like the site’s own "Surprise me" button. Optionally limit by country and/or kind. Great for discovery and "place of the day" features.

Input parameters:

- `country` (string): Country name or ISO code (optional)
- `kind` (string): Kind of place — key or slug: ruins (Ruins & the uncanny), sacred (Sacred sites), landmark (Built landmarks), natural (Nature & landscapes), parks (Parks & cemeteries), museum (Museums & culture), fun…

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-detourmap-places/detourmap#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-04: 67
- 2026-08-03: 67
- 2026-08-02: 66
- 2026-08-01: 66
- 2026-07-31: 65
- 2026-07-30: 65
- 2026-07-29: 66
- 2026-07-28: 65
- 2026-07-27: 65
- 2026-07-26: 64

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://detourmap.com/mcp
- Website: https://detourmap.com/data/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-detourmap-places/detourmap/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-detourmap-places/detourmap/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-detourmap-places/detourmap