Maps

Look at a kept map

get_map

Look at a kept map from an earlier conversation: its layers, pin ids and fields.

Read-only

Use it when

✓ Before update_map, to see what is there

Not for

Nothing close to it: this is the tool for the job.

Coverage: Maps made with render_map or a tool's render.

Inputs

map

string · required

The map_id or link.

layer

string

A layer whose pins to list.

The full description, as the server gives it to an agent

A map made with render_map: its link and downloads, its layers with their pin ids and fields, its version and the earlier versions kept; with layer, that layer's pins in full (first 500). Shows the map in the chat. Use it before update_map on a map from an earlier conversation.

A real answer

Captured from the live server on 2026-10-13, trimmed to the first rows.

Request

{
  "map": "9hd9pnytqs"
}

The answer's first line

"Docs example: two depots" version 2: Rows (3 pins)

The answer (trimmed)

{
  "map_id": "9hd9pnytqs",
  "url": "https://get-instamaps.com/v/9hd9pnytqs",
  "geojson": "https://get-instamaps.com/v/9hd9pnytqs.geojson",
  "kml": "https://get-instamaps.com/v/9hd9pnytqs.kml",
  "title": "Docs example: two depots",
  "version": 2,
  "layers": [
    {
      "name": "Rows",
      "points": 3,
      "lines": 0,
      "areas": 0,
      "point_ids": [
        "leeds",
        "york",
        "harrogate"
      ],
      "fields": []
    }
  ],
  "earlier_versions": [
    1
  ]
}

Use it in Claude

Add the connector https://get-instamaps.com/mcp and ask in plain words. 5,000 tool calls a day per person, reset at midnight UTC; a call counts once however many rows it carries; a sheet by reference is one call; checking a job is free.

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