# Forward Geocoding — Place Name to Coordinates

> Forward Geocoding — Place Name to Coordinates is a paid API for AI agents from mcpfax-utility.bowling-anthony.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Converts a place name or address into geographic coordinates (latitude/longitude), country, and timezone.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://mcpfax-utility.bowling-anthony.workers.dev/v1/geocode
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/forward-geocoding-place-name-to-coordinates-b96a1610
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_igumYglJkYTagyQ8j48Eu

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability forward-geocoding-place-name-to-coordinates-b96a1610
```

Example prompt: What are the latitude and longitude coordinates for Kyoto, Japan? I also need the country code and timezone.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you have a human-readable place name, city, address, or landmark and need its geographic coordinates, country, or timezone. Prefer this over reverse geocoding endpoints (which go from coordinates to name), and use it as a first step before calling coordinate-dependent endpoints like weather, timezone, or nearest airports.

## Known failure modes

- Ambiguous place name returns coordinates for the most prominent match, which may not be the intended location
- Very obscure or misspelled place names may return no results or an error
- Non-existent or fictional place names will fail to resolve
- Rate limiting or payment failures may prevent the call from completing

## How this service works

Forward geocoding — Place name → coordinates, country, timezone.

## Output

Returns geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude), the country associated with the place name, and the IANA timezone identifier for the location.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/forward-geocoding-place-name-to-coordinates-b96a1610/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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