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Create, edit and publish animated historical maps in your Moving Polygons account.

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create_map

Create a new private draft map from an import JSON of up to about 1 MB.

mapstring, required

The map in the Moving Polygons import format, as a JSON object or a JSON string

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Tools (14)

Tool list last changed Oct 23, 2026.

create_map

Create a new private draft map from an import JSON of up to about 1 MB.

Argument	Type	Description
map*	any	The map in the Moving Polygons import format, as a JSON object or a JSON string

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "map"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "map": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "object",
          "propertyNames": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "additionalProperties": {}
        },
        {
          "type": "string"
        }
      ],
      "description": "The map in the Moving Polygons import format, as a JSON object or a JSON string"
    }
  }
}

create_upload_link

A one-off link (valid 15 minutes) for uploading a map JSON file of up to 40 MB with curl. It creates a new draft map, or with mode replace overwrites an existing map's content. The curl output reports the result.

read-only

Argument	Type	Description
mode	string	create (default): a new map. replace: overwrite mapId's content
mapId	string	Required for mode replace

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {
    "mode": {
      "enum": [
        "create",
        "replace"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "create (default): a new map. replace: overwrite mapId's content"
    },
    "mapId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Required for mode replace"
    }
  }
}

finish_map_upload

Joins parts 1 to the given count of a chunked upload, validates the map and creates the draft map (or replaces the map's content, keeping a backup). Reports missing parts or where the JSON breaks.

destructive

Argument	Type	Description
parts*	integer	How many parts were sent
uploadId*	string

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "uploadId",
    "parts"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "parts": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 400,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "How many parts were sent"
    },
    "uploadId": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}

get_account

The signed-in user's public handle, plan and how many maps they can still create.

read-only

No arguments.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {}
}

get_import_format

The JSON format for maps: layers with timed polygon keyframes, point markers and a style.

read-only

No arguments.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {}
}

get_map

A summary of one of the user's maps (layers, keyframe dates, markers) and a 15-minute download link for its full import JSON, which can be several MB.

read-only

Argument	Type	Description
mapId*	string	The map id

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "mapId"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "mapId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The map id"
    }
  }
}

get_public_map

One published map as Markdown: description and sources, the timeline of keyframes (date and caption), layers, events, and the iframe code to embed the interactive map. Pass its URL, or the handle and slug.

read-only

Argument	Type	Description
url	string	e.g. https://www.movingpolygons.com/map/Chris/the-ottoman-empire-12991923
slug	string
username	string

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {
    "url": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "e.g. https://www.movingpolygons.com/map/Chris/the-ottoman-empire-12991923"
    },
    "slug": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "username": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}

list_maps

The user's maps, most recently changed first, with their ids and links.

read-only

Argument	Type	Description
limit	integer	Default 50
search	string	Only maps whose name contains this text

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 100,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Default 50"
    },
    "search": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Only maps whose name contains this text"
    }
  }
}

publish_map

Make one of the user's maps public at its /map/<handle>/<slug> link, where anyone can view it.

Argument	Type	Description
mapId*	string

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "mapId"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "mapId": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}

replace_map_content

Overwrite an existing map's layers, markers, name, description and casualty bar (and style, if given) with an import JSON of up to about 1 MB. The link and publish state stay; the old content is backed up.

destructive

Argument	Type	Description
map*	any	The map in the Moving Polygons import format, as a JSON object or a JSON string
mapId*	string

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "mapId",
    "map"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "map": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "object",
          "propertyNames": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "additionalProperties": {}
        },
        {
          "type": "string"
        }
      ],
      "description": "The map in the Moving Polygons import format, as a JSON object or a JSON string"
    },
    "mapId": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}

search_maps

Find published animated maps on Moving Polygons (history, wars, empires, borders, epidemics, sea ice…) by words in their title or description and/or a year they cover. Returns links to the interactive map, its text version and its article.

read-only

Argument	Type	Description
year	integer	Only maps whose timeline includes this year; negative for BC (-44 = 44 BC)
limit	integer	Default 10
query	string	Words to match, e.g. 'Ottoman', 'Holy Roman Empire', 'Ukraine war'

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {
    "year": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 9007199254740991,
      "minimum": -9007199254740991,
      "description": "Only maps whose timeline includes this year; negative for BC (-44 = 44 BC)"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 50,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Default 10"
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Words to match, e.g. 'Ottoman', 'Holy Roman Empire', 'Ukraine war'"
    }
  }
}

start_map_upload

Opens an upload (valid 2 hours) for a map JSON text that is sent in numbered parts through tool calls rather than over the network. It creates a new draft map, or with mode replace overwrites an existing map's content.

Argument	Type	Description
mode	string	create (default): a new map. replace: overwrite mapId's content
mapId	string	Required for mode replace

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {
    "mode": {
      "enum": [
        "create",
        "replace"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "create (default): a new map. replace: overwrite mapId's content"
    },
    "mapId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Required for mode replace"
    }
  }
}

unpublish_map

Make one of the user's maps private again (its public link stops working).

Argument	Type	Description
mapId*	string

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "mapId"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "mapId": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}

upload_map_part

Stores one numbered piece of a chunked map upload. The pieces are joined in part order with nothing in between; sending a part number again replaces that part. Returns the piece's length and SHA-256.

Argument	Type	Description
part*	integer	1 for the first piece
text*	string	This piece of the map JSON text, verbatim
uploadId*	string

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "uploadId",
    "part",
    "text"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "part": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 400,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "1 for the first piece"
    },
    "text": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 250000,
      "description": "This piece of the map JSON text, verbatim"
    },
    "uploadId": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}