RoamDial — World Radio Map
by ddter
Explore 35,000+ live radio stations from 215 countries by city, genre, mood, and ICY track title.
Runs in the cloudUpdated today
Install
Apple Maps
Overview
Description from the maker (original English)
Read and act on Apple Maps — favourites, Guides and recents, writes off by default
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- UsageiNot measured yet★ –
What you can do with it
We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.
- Connection: Runs on your computer
- Transport: stdio
- Category: Travel, maps & weather
Install
Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.
Before you install
- Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
- Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
- You fill in yourself:
APPLE_MAPS_ALLOW_WRITES
You need
- npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)
Which app do you use?
Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.
Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apple-maps": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mgcrea/mcp-apple-maps"
],
"env": {
"APPLE_MAPS_ALLOW_WRITES": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Run this in your terminal
claude mcp add apple-maps --env APPLE_MAPS_ALLOW_WRITES=your-value -- npx -y @mgcrea/mcp-apple-mapsFill in the empty values before running it.
Or copy the settings yourself
Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apple-maps": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mgcrea/mcp-apple-maps"
],
"env": {
"APPLE_MAPS_ALLOW_WRITES": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.
Or copy the settings yourself
Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project
{
"servers": {
"apple-maps": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mgcrea/mcp-apple-maps"
],
"env": {
"APPLE_MAPS_ALLOW_WRITES": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.
This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.
Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.
Values you fill in
APPLE_MAPS_ALLOW_WRITESenvRegister the mutating tools. Off by default, and the gate decides whether the write tools exist at all rather than merely refusing — an agent with writes off cannot see them.
These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.
What it can do
Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.
Basic checksi
We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 7, 2026
- ✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account mgcrea, which owns the repo
- … Not checked yet
Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
- … Not checked yet
Has a licence
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
- – Not applicable
Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
- – Not applicable
Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
- … Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints
Compared with others in Travel, maps & weatheri
- More stars than 0% of the other 1708 servers in this category
- Published to the registry more recently than 96% of the other 1708 servers in this category
- Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 1708 servers in this category
Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.
Common questions
Is Apple Maps safe?
It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.
What keys or codes does it need?
The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.
Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?
It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).
Is it still maintained?
The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (1.37.0) reached the registry yesterday.
Which apps can use it?
Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Node.js on your computer.
What can I use instead?
In the same category: RoamDial — World Radio Map, RoamDial — World Radio Map, Guest Logic Hotel PMS
Alternatives
Servers in the same category from other makers, sorted by stars.
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README from the maker
Open the README
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@mgcrea/mcp-apple-maps
MCP server for the macOS Maps app: the places you have saved.
{"mcpServers": { "apple-maps": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@mgcrea/mcp-apple-maps"] } } }
What it reads
Favourites, collections (Guides) and recents, with names, addresses and real coordinates, from Maps' Core Data store.
| Tool | What |
|---|---|
apple_maps_list_favorites | the places saved as favourites |
apple_maps_list_collections | the Guides |
apple_maps_list_collection_places | what is filed in one Guide |
apple_maps_list_unfiled_places | saved places filed in no Guide |
apple_maps_list_recents | where you have looked recently |
apple_maps_search_places | all three at once, by name, label or address |
apple_maps_get_place | one place, by ref |
apple_maps_diagnostics | what opened, which columns resolved, what it cannot do |
What it writes
Only with APPLE_MAPS_ALLOW_WRITES=1. Both are unregistered rather than refused when it is off, so a client that has not opted in is never told they exist.
| Tool | What |
|---|---|
apple_maps_add_favorite | save a place as a favourite, seeding it through maps:// |
apple_maps_remove_favorite | drop a favourite row |
Three more press controls on a place card through Accessibility rather than writing SQL, and are registered only when Cupertino.app hosts this server: the grant belongs to the app, so a package run from npm has no way to reach them and is never told they exist.
| Tool | What |
|---|---|
apple_maps_save_place | add a place to the Places library (not the same as Pinned) |
apple_maps_remove_saved_place | remove a place from the Places library |
apple_maps_add_place_to_guide | file a place in an existing Guide; Maps cannot confirm it |
Each opens Maps, brings its window forward and leaves the place in your Recents.
What it does not do
It reads what is saved on this Mac. It does not search Apple's map of the world, geocode an address, give directions or compute a travel time. Those are network calls to Apple's services, not data on your disk.
It writes only with APPLE_MAPS_ALLOW_WRITES set: favourites through the store, and the Places library and Guide membership through Maps' own interface. Everything else here is read-only. The store is mirrored to iCloud by NSPersistentCloudKitContainer, so a write is an edit to one replica of a synchronising object graph underneath a running app — a malformed row reaches every device on the account. That is why a place record is never fabricated: adding a favourite opens maps:// so that Maps itself mints the record, and only then is it copied. The place is left in your Recents whether or not you keep the favourite, and resolving it over the network can take tens of seconds.
Full Disk Access is mandatory
Not an optimisation. Maps ships no scripting dictionary, so there is no Apple Events lane to fall back to — without the grant this server returns an error, never an empty list. Grant it to the app running the server, not to Maps.
If a listing comes back empty, that means you have saved nothing of that kind. Run apple_maps_diagnostics to tell the two apart.
Configuration
| Variable | Default | What |
|---|---|---|
APPLE_MAPS_STORE | discovered | explicit store path, for tests and forensic copies |
APPLE_MAPS_INDEX_MODE | auto | auto / ro / immutable / off |
APPLE_MAPS_MAX_RESULTS | 50 | default result ceiling |
APPLE_MAPS_SEED_TIMEOUT_MS | 30000 | how long add_favorite waits for Maps to resolve a place |
APPLE_MAPS_EXPOSE_PROMPTS | on | register the prompt and cupertino://maps/* resources |
APPLE_MAPS_DEBUG | off | verbose logging on stderr |
APPLE_MAPS_ALLOW_WRITES (off) registers the tools under What it writes.
See docs/maps.md for the phase-0 measurements, including the three separate occasions on which this store was declared not to exist.
Licence
MIT.