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Maps & Property

mapBuilding

Map Building

map.building: the building at a point.

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Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "find the house at this point", and it calls mapBuilding.

Example call

The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.

{
  "arguments": {
    "lat": 1,
    "lng": 1
  },
  "name": "mapBuilding"
}

Arguments

• latnumberrequiredLatitude in decimal degrees.
• lngnumberrequiredLongitude in decimal degrees.

Returns

Returns the rooftop-precision address there (Google Geocoding, rooftop results only, with its address parts) and the building from Google Solar: its roof center, where a pin should sit, and its…

Declared limits

• lat: minimum -90
• lat: maximum 90
• lng: minimum -180
• lng: maximum 180

Ask for it

The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.

• find the house at this point
• where is the roof
• put the pin on the building
• what is the address of this rooftop

Pair it with

The verbs that finish the job.

• mapParcel
• createProperty

Questions

• What does mapBuilding do?

  map.building: the building at a point. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.

• How do I use mapBuilding from Claude or ChatGPT?

  Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "find the house at this point", and it calls mapBuilding.

• Is mapBuilding safe to let an AI call?

  mapBuilding is read-only: it changes nothing. It reaches a system outside The Cloud on your behalf.

Connect

One endpoint gives your AI this tool and every other one: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini, read what The Cloud is, or see pricing.