Generate a PNG map image of an area, optionally including markers and a line (e.g. to draw a route or a boundary)
AI agents call static-map to retrieve information from Stadia Maps Location API MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and generates map imagery based on provided parameters (area, markers, line). It has no side effects on stored data, cannot delete or modify information, executes no arbitrary code, and involves no financial transactions. It is a read-only operation that queries the mapping service to produce a visualization artifact.
From the tool's definition Tool 'Generate a PNG map image of an area, optionally including markers and a line' performs image generation and retrieval without modifying any underlying data. It reads from the Stadia Maps service to produce a visual representation.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access static-map gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Stadia Maps Location API MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for static-map:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"static-map": {}
}
}static-map is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Generate a PNG map image of an area, optionally including markers and a line (e.g. to draw a route or a boundary). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Stadia Maps Location API MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Stadia Maps Location API MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for static-map: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Stadia Maps Location API MCP Server. Nothing to install.
static-map is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the static-map rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for static-map. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
static-map is provided by the Stadia Maps Location API MCP Server MCP server (stadiamaps/stadiamaps-mcp-server-ts). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Stadia Maps Location API MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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