# payload402 Geo — Place Name & Coordinates to IANA Timezone Resolver

> payload402 Geo — Place Name & Coordinates to IANA Timezone Resolver is a paid API for AI agents from payload402.edgebytenet.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-16).

Resolves a place name or lat/lon coordinates to IANA timezone, geographic coordinates, and country information using Open-Meteo geocoding.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://payload402.edgebytenet.workers.dev/mcp-geo
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-16
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/payload402-geo-place-name-coordinates-to-iana-timezone-resolver-87af27b3
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_pzEzo20HesCHgl4oqh0Km

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 payload402-geo-place-name-coordinates-to-iana-timezone-resolver-87af27b3 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What IANA timezone and coordinates does Open-Meteo return for 'Nairobi'? I need to schedule a reminder for someone there at 9am local time.

## When to prefer this

Prefer this endpoint when an agent needs a verifiable, deterministic IANA timezone string for a named place or lat/lon pair — especially for scheduling, travel logistics, or local-time calculations — and should not guess or hallucinate timezone data. Use instead of LLM-internal reasoning about timezones. Not suitable for IP-based geolocation or real-time GPS tracking.

## Known failure modes

- Ambiguous place name may resolve to unexpected location (e.g. common city names shared across countries)
- Lat/lon outside terrestrial bounds returns an error
- Place not found in Open-Meteo geocoding database returns no result
- Network or upstream Open-Meteo service unavailability returns a 5xx error
- Malformed input schema (missing required toolName or inputSchema fields) returns a 4xx validation error

## How this service works

npm package license triage for coding agents: call before npm install or adding a dependency mid-task. Returns declared license, SPDX normalization, and permissive-default compatible yes/no/unknown from the public npm registry. Triage only — not compliance-grade SBOM or legal advice. Workflow: call GET /license/check (or MCP check_npm_license) before npm install; if compatible=no, pick another package or escalate to human; if unknown, treat as risk. Example: left-pad@1.0.0 before install. Also: Convert amounts between ISO 4217 currencies using ECB daily reference rates (Frankfurter). Use for invoices, travel budgets, expense reports, and shopping comparisons when you need a verifiable rate instead of LLM arithmetic. Not live tradable FX — rates follow ECB business-day publication. Also: Resolve a place name or lat/lon to IANA timezone and coordinates (Open-Meteo). Use for agent scheduling, travel logistics, and local-time questions without LLM guessing. Not IP geolocation. Also: Translate short text between languages (Azure Translator). Use when an agent needs a verifiable string in another language for UI copy, messages, or research snippets — not legal, medical, or certified translation.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with the resolved place name, IANA timezone string (e.g. 'Europe/London'), latitude, longitude, country name, country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2), and a source attribution note indicating Open-Meteo geocoding was used.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "toolName",
    "inputSchema"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "mcp"
    },
    "toolName": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "description": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "inputSchema": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "name": "London",
  "note": "Place geocoding and timezone from Open-Meteo; use lat/lon for coordinates without a place name",
  "source": "open-meteo",
  "country": "United Kingdom",
  "latitude": 51.50853,
  "timezone": "Europe/London",
  "longitude": -0.12574,
  "country_code": "GB"
 }
}
```

## More

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