IGN API Carto FAQs

Question 1

How does IGN API Carto integrate with AI clients?

Accepted Answer

As an MCP server, it allows AI clients like Claude Desktop, Cursor, OpenAI Codex CLI, and Google Antigravity to query complex IGN geographic data using natural language prompts, simplifying data retrieval and analysis for AI-driven applications.

Question 2

What is IGN API Carto?

Accepted Answer

IGN API Carto is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides AI clients with natural language access to rich French geographic data from the IGN (French National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information), covering cadastral, urban, agricultural, and environmental information.

Question 3

Is an IGN API key required to use IGN API Carto?

Accepted Answer

While many core features are available without an API key, an IGN API key is specifically required to access certain advanced datasets, such as the viticultural appellation zones (AOC, IGP, VSIG).

Question 4

What specific types of IGN data can I query with this tool?

Accepted Answer

You can access a wide range of data, including communes associated with postal codes, cadastral parcels and boundaries, urban planning data (PLU, GPU), protected natural areas (Natura 2000, ZNIEFF), agricultural land use via the Graphic Parcel Register (RPG), and viticultural appellation zones (AOC, IGP).

IGN API Carto

IGN API Carto

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