Summary
Location questions about China, answered against data that is actually current there.
The matrix call is the one that changes how an itinerary gets planned: travel times across many origin-destination pairs come back in one request, so an agent can order the stops rather than asking for each leg separately.
What it is
Baidu Maps' own location service exposed as tools: geocoding both ways, place search and detail, and route planning including travel-time matrices.
What you get
- An address turned into coordinates, and coordinates turned back into an address
- Points of interest searched by keyword and area
- Full detail for a specific place
- Route planning for driving, walking, cycling and transit
- A distance and travel-time matrix across several origins and destinations
- Weather, IP location and real-time traffic among the wider API set
Requirements
Python for the PyPI package mcp-server-baidu-maps, or Node for the npm package @baidumap/mcp-server-baidu-map. SSE is the recommended transport. Coverage and data are Baidu's, which is what makes it the right choice inside China.
Setup effort
One command plus a key — pip install mcp-server-baidu-maps, then supply credentials