Kakao Maps
Search Korean places, geocode addresses, and convert between coordinate systems via Kakao's Local API. The go-to source for Korean street addresses, businesses, and POI data that Western mapping services miss.
How to connect
https://maps--kakao.run.tools
tools/list returns the expected tools before relying on them in production.Tools
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search_places_by_keywordSearch Kakao Local by keyword (e.g. '강남역 카페', 'BBQ chicken Seoul'). Returns place name, road and lot-number addresses, phone, category, and coordinates.
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search_places_by_categoryList places in a Kakao category (e.g. all cafes within 500m of a coordinate). Useful when you don't have a keyword but want every cafe / restaurant / convenience store nearby. Requires either (x, y, radius) or `rect`.
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geocode_addressTakes a Korean address (jibun or road-name form) and returns the matching coordinates plus normalized address fields.
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reverse_geocodeLook up the street address (jibun + road-name) for a WGS84 coordinate.
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lookup_region_by_coordReturns both legal (법정동) and administrative (행정동) district names for a coordinate. Useful for 'which dong/gu/si does this point belong to'.
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transform_coordinatesTranslate (x, y) from one Korean coordinate system to another (WGS84, TM, KTM, UTM, BESSEL, WKTM, WUTM, CONGNAMUL, WCONGNAMUL).