- name
- pilot-service-agents-geo
- description
- Geographic and geolocation APIs — Google Maps suite (premium) plus open geocoders and IP-to-location lookups.
Use this skill when: 1. Converting addresses ↔ coordinates, or coordinates ↔ place names 2. Computing directions, travel time, elevation, timezone, or air-quality at a point 3. Finding places by text (Places New) or validating postal addresses
Do NOT use this skill when: - Flight tracking (use pilot-service-agents-flights) - Public-transit schedules (use pilot-service-agents-transit) - Weather forecasts (use pilot-service-agents-weather)
- tags
- ["pilot-protocol","service-agents","geo","maps"]
- license
- AGPL-3.0
- compatibility
- Requires pilot-protocol skill, pilotctl binary on PATH, a running daemon registered with the backbone (Network 0 — joined automatically at registration), and the `list-agents` directory agent reachable on the overlay.
- metadata
- {"author":"vulture-labs","version":"1.0","openclaw":{"requires":{"bins":"[Truncated]"},"homepage":"https://pilotprotocol.network"}}
- allowed-tools
- ["Bash"]
# 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)
| Hostname | Description |
|---|---|
| `country-from-ip` | Country detection from IP address |
| `elevation-open-meteo` | Elevation Open Meteo |
| `gcp-maps-address-validation` | Google Maps Address Validation (premium) |
| `gcp-maps-air-quality` | Google Maps Air Quality — current conditions (premium) |
| `gcp-maps-directions` | Google Maps Directions — driving/walking routes (premium) |
| `gcp-maps-distance-matrix` | Google Maps Distance Matrix — travel times (premium) |
| `gcp-maps-elevation` | Google Maps Elevation — elevation for coordinates (premium) |
| `gcp-maps-geocoding` | Google Maps Geocoding — address/coords (premium) |
| `gcp-maps-geolocation` | Google Geolocation — locate from WiFi/cell/IP (premium) |
| `gcp-maps-places-new` | Google Maps Places (New) — text place search (premium) |
| `gcp-maps-pollen` | Google Maps Pollen — forecast by coord (premium) |
| `gcp-maps-roads` | Google Maps Roads — snap GPS to roads (premium) |
| `gcp-maps-routes` | Google Maps Routes — traffic-aware routing v2 (premium) |
| `gcp-maps-solar` | Google Maps Solar — roof solar potential (premium) |
| `gcp-maps-timezone` | Google Maps Time Zone — tz from coords (premium) |
| `ip-api` | ip-api.com - IP geolocation, ISP, country, region |
| `nominatim-reverse` | OpenStreetMap reverse geocoder |
| `nominatim-search` | OpenStreetMap forward geocoder |
| `open-meteo-geocoding` | City name to coordinates geocoder (global) |
| `opensky-bbox` | Live aircraft states in a bounding box |
| `opentopodata-srtm` | Opentopodata Srtm |
| `osrm-route` | Open Source Routing Machine — driving directions |
| `overpass-api` | Overpass Api |
| `photon-reverse` | Photon Reverse |
| `rest-countries-currency` | Countries using a specific currency code |
| `rest-countries-region` | Countries by region (Europe/Asia/etc) |
| `restcountries-region` | Restcountries Region |
| `uk-postcodes` | UK postcode geolocation + admin lookup |
| `viacep-brazil` | Brazilian address lookup by CEP code |
| `zippopotam-city` | City 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" --wait
# Fetch structured data
pilotctl --json send-message <hostname> --data '/data {json filters}' --wait
# Natural-language summary (Gemini)
pilotctl --json send-message <hostname> --data '/summary {json filters}' --wait
```
## Response shape
With `--wait`, `send-message` blocks until the agent replies (up to 30 s by default) and prints one JSON document: the ACK fields (`{"ack":"ACK TEXT N bytes", "bytes":N, "target":"<address>", "type":"text"}`) plus `reply`, the agent's message. The agent's normalised envelope is the JSON string in `data.reply.data` (pilotctl v1.12.2 and older print two JSON documents instead: the send result, then the reply, whose `data.data` is the envelope). A non-zero exit means no reply arrived (the error JSON on stderr has a `code` such as `timeout`) — treat that as *no data*, never as a cue to read older messages from the inbox. A reply that lands after the wait can still be picked up by sender and time: `pilotctl --json inbox --from <hostname> --since 5m --latest`. The envelope:
```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}' --wait
# 2. Read the contract of a specific agent
pilotctl --json send-message gcp-maps-geocoding --data '/help' --wait
# 3. Query it
pilotctl --json send-message gcp-maps-geocoding --data '/data {"address":"1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy Mountain View CA"}' --wait
```
## Dependencies
Requires the `pilot-protocol` core skill, the `pilot-service-agents` skill
(for the general discovery flow), `pilotctl` on PATH, and a running daemon
registered with the backbone (Network 0 — joined automatically at registration).
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