How high is the resolution of Nearmap imagery compared to standard satellite maps?

Nearmap provides high-resolution aerial imagery at sub-15cm (approx. 6 inch) Ground Sample Distance (GSD). This is significantly sharper than typical satellite imagery (usually 30cm-50cm), allowing your agent to identify fine site details like roof vents, pavement cracks, or pool conditions.

Can my agent automatically detect solar panels or swimming pools on a property?

Yes. Use the `get_ai_detected_features` tool. Nearmap's AI analyzes recent surveys to return vector geometries for specific feature classes like 'Solar Panels' or 'Swimming Pools', including confidence thresholds and area measurements.

What is 'Oblique' imagery and how do I access it through the agent?

Oblique imagery is captured at a 45-degree angle rather than straight down. Use the `get_oblique_tile` tool and specify a direction (North, South, East, West). This allows your agent to audit building facades, structural heights, and side-view property details.

Nearmap (High-Res Aerial Imagery & AI) MCP Server for Claude Desktop 10 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

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About Nearmap (High-Res Aerial Imagery & AI) MCP Server

Connect your Nearmap account to any AI agent and take full control of world-class high-resolution aerial imagery, geospatial AI insights, and topographic surface models through natural conversation.

Claude Desktop is the definitive way to connect Nearmap (High-Res Aerial Imagery & AI) to your AI workflow. Add the Vinkius Edge URL to your config, restart the app, and Claude immediately exposes all 10 tools in the chat interface — ask a question, Claude calls the right tool, and you see the answer. Zero code, zero context switching.

What you can do

Aerial Orchestration — Retrieve sub-15cm resolution vertical (nadir) imagery tiles using Web Mercator coordinates to verify site conditions directly from your agent
AI Feature Extraction — Automatically detect and extract vector geometries for buildings, swimming pools, solar panels, and vegetation within specific geographic radii
Perspective Oblique Imagery — Access 3D-angled imagery from North, South, East, and West viewpoints to audit structural facades and building heights securely
Coverage & Survey Audit — Verify imagery availability across specific points or complex polygons and retrieve chronological survey dates to track site changes over time
Topographic Modeling — Extract Digital Surface Model (DSM) elevation tiles to analyze terrain peaks, building heights, and surface volumes natively within your workspace
True Ortho Visualization — Retrieve geometric lean-corrected top-down layers providing zero parallax alignments for perfect geospatial mapping and precision measurement
Survey Metadata — Query explicit flight parameters including Ground Sample Distance (GSD) and optical capture details for any specific aerial flyover

The Nearmap (High-Res Aerial Imagery & AI) MCP Server exposes 10 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Claude Desktop in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.

How to Connect Nearmap (High-Res Aerial Imagery & AI) to Claude Desktop via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the Nearmap (High-Res Aerial Imagery & AI) MCP Server with Claude Desktop.

Open Claude Desktop Settings

Go to Settings → Developer → Edit Config to open claude_desktop_config.json

Add the MCP Server

Paste the configuration above into the mcpServers section

Restart Claude Desktop

Close and reopen Claude Desktop to load the new server

Start using Nearmap (High-Res Aerial Imagery & AI)

Look for the 🔌 icon in the chat — your 10 tools are now available

Why Use Claude Desktop with the Nearmap (High-Res Aerial Imagery & AI) MCP Server

Claude Desktop by Anthropic provides unique advantages when paired with Nearmap (High-Res Aerial Imagery & AI) through the Model Context Protocol.

Claude Desktop is the reference MCP client — it was designed alongside the protocol itself, ensuring the most complete and stable MCP implementation available

Zero-code configuration: add a server URL to a JSON file and Claude instantly discovers and exposes all available tools in the chat interface

Claude's extended thinking capability lets it reason through multi-step tool usage, chaining multiple API calls to answer complex questions

Enterprise-grade security with local config storage — your tokens never leave your machine, and connections go directly to the Vinkius Edge network

Nearmap (High-Res Aerial Imagery & AI) + Claude Desktop Use Cases

Practical scenarios where Claude Desktop combined with the Nearmap (High-Res Aerial Imagery & AI) MCP Server delivers measurable value.

Interactive data exploration: ask Claude to query DNS records, look up WHOIS data, and cross-reference results in a single conversation

Ad-hoc security audits: type a domain name and let Claude enumerate subdomains, check DNS history, and flag configuration anomalies — all through natural language

Executive briefings: generate comprehensive domain intelligence reports by asking Claude to compile findings into a formatted summary

Learning and training: new team members can explore API capabilities conversationally without needing to read documentation

Nearmap (High-Res Aerial Imagery & AI) MCP Tools for Claude Desktop (10)

These 10 tools become available when you connect Nearmap (High-Res Aerial Imagery & AI) to Claude Desktop via MCP:

check_coverage_point

Verify Nearmap capture boundaries matching geospatial point resolving temporal history arrays

check_coverage_polygon

Verify internal aerial survey boundary masks checking imagery intersections across mapped polygons

get_ai_detected_features

Extract vector geometry parsing buildings, pools, vegetation, solar panels via automated CV features bounds

get_dsm_elevation_tile

Extract pixelated Digital Surface Model mapping topographic terrain and building peak heights

get_oblique_tile

Retrieve oblique perspective 3D-angled imagery tiles pointing North, South, East, West locating structural targets

get_survey_metadata

Query explicitly bounded survey parameters finding GSD resolutions finding optical flight details

get_true_ortho_tile

Retrieve lean-corrected true geometric top-down bounding layers capturing zero parallax alignments

get_vertical_tile

Retrieve high-resolution vertical static nadir aerial imagery tiles tracking captured boundaries

list_ai_feature_classes

Lookup all internal AI category taxonomies evaluating computer vision mappings detecting roof arrays

list_survey_dates

Iterate chronological availability boundaries mapping all temporal captures crossing target nodes

Example Prompts for Nearmap (High-Res Aerial Imagery & AI) in Claude Desktop

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Claude Desktop agent to start working with Nearmap (High-Res Aerial Imagery & AI) immediately.

"Get the latest high-res vertical imagery for coordinates '34.0522,-118.2437'"

"Detect all solar panels within a 100m radius of this point: [lat,lon]"

"Show me the oblique view from the North for this building coordinate"

Troubleshooting Nearmap (High-Res Aerial Imagery & AI) MCP Server with Claude Desktop

Common issues when connecting Nearmap (High-Res Aerial Imagery & AI) to Claude Desktop through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

Server not appearing after restart

Ensure the JSON is valid (no trailing commas). Check the file path: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\\Claude\\ (Windows).

Authentication error

Verify your Vinkius token is correct. Go to cloud.vinkius.com to regenerate it if needed.

Tools not showing in chat

Click the 🔌 icon at the bottom of the chat input. If it shows 0 tools, the server may still be connecting — wait a few seconds.

Nearmap (High-Res Aerial Imagery & AI) + Claude Desktop FAQ

Common questions about integrating Nearmap (High-Res Aerial Imagery & AI) MCP Server with Claude Desktop.

How does Claude Desktop discover MCP tools?

When Claude Desktop starts, it reads the claude_desktop_config.json file and connects to each configured MCP server. It calls the tools/list endpoint to fetch the schema for every available tool, then surfaces them as clickable options in the chat interface via the 🔌 icon.

What happens if the MCP server is temporarily unavailable?

Claude Desktop handles disconnections gracefully — if the server is unreachable at startup, the tools simply won't appear. Once the server becomes available again, restarting Claude Desktop will re-establish the connection. There is no timeout penalty or error loop.

Can I connect multiple MCP servers simultaneously?

Yes. You can add as many servers as you need in the mcpServers section of the config file. Each server appears as a separate tool provider, and Claude can use tools from multiple servers in a single conversation turn.

Is there a limit on the number of tools per server?

Claude Desktop can handle hundreds of tools per server. However, for optimal LLM performance, Vinkius servers are designed to expose focused, well-documented tool sets rather than overwhelming the model with too many options.

Does Claude Desktop support Streamable HTTP transport?

Yes. Claude Desktop supports both SSE (Server-Sent Events) and the newer Streamable HTTP transport that Vinkius uses. Simply provide the server URL — Claude auto-negotiates the transport protocol.