South Africa Cadastral Parcels (Surveyor-General · Erven & Farms)
RemoteAbout South Africa Cadastral Parcels (Surveyor-General · Erven & Farms)
A BumiAtlas MCP server for South African cadastral parcel research using Chief Surveyor-General data. Search by parcel identifiers, farm name, or coordinates, and inspect survey details and map images; the data describes surveyed boundaries, not ownership or property value.
Key features
- 01Search by parcel number, region, farm, or coordinates
- 02View survey and title reference details
- 03Check status codes and computed area
- 04Optional GeoJSON boundaries
- 05Satellite and street map images
Use cases
- 01Locate an erf or farm portion by its reference
- 02Find parcels associated with a parent farm name
- 03Review survey details and computed area
- 04View a parcel and neighbouring boundaries
MCP support
Exposes parcel search and parcel image tools to MCP clients through a remote service. Clients connect using the listed BumiAtlas URL and sign in with Google.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://bumiatlas.com/mcp/southafricaclaude mcp add --transport http bumiatlas-southafrica-cadastral-parcels https://bumiatlas.com/mcp/southafrica{"mcpServers":{"bumiatlas-southafrica-cadastral-parcels":{"type":"http","url":"https://bumiatlas.com/mcp/southafrica"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"bumiatlas-southafrica-cadastral-parcels":{"type":"http","url":"https://bumiatlas.com/mcp/southafrica"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"bumiatlas-southafrica-cadastral-parcels":{"type":"http","url":"https://bumiatlas.com/mcp/southafrica"}}}{"mcpServers":{"bumiatlas-southafrica-cadastral-parcels":{"serverUrl":"https://bumiatlas.com/mcp/southafrica"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
Tools
Details
From the project READMESouth Africa Cadastral Parcels & Erf Lookup MCP
Connect your AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor) to BumiAtlas for South African land research through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
This listing is a focused entry point for:
- All ~9.1M surveyed parcels from the Chief Surveyor-General's national cadastre: erven, farm portions, parent farms, agricultural holdings and public places
- Parcel lookup by number and registration region (
erf 13583 East London,portion 11 of 930 Cape), parent farm name, SG key, or coordinates - CSG label (
RE/13583), deed diagram, survey record and sectional title references, status codes and computed area - Satellite and street map images of a parcel and its neighbours, labelled by CSG label
Parcels have no owner, title deed or value: the cadastre is surveyed boundaries only.
Connect
https://bumiatlas.com/mcp/southafrica
Add it as a custom connector in any MCP client and sign in with Google. Tools, examples and data notes: bumiatlas.com/mcp-docs/southafrica.
- Claude: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, paste the URL, then Connect.
- ChatGPT: Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode, then Create with the URL and OAuth authentication.
Tools
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
ZA_parcel_search | Find parcels by number and region, farm name, PRCL_KEY or SG id, or latitude, longitude; each result is the whole record, the boundary as GeoJSON on request |
ZA_parcel_image | Satellite or street map image of a parcel or point, with every parcel in view outlined and labelled with its CSG label |
Example prompts
- "Which parcel is at -33.9249, 18.4241?"
- "Look up erf 13583 East London and show it on satellite imagery."
- "Find portion 11 of farm 930 in the Cape region."
- "Which parent farms are called Waterval?"
Data source
Cadastre © Chief Surveyor-General, South Africa, via the DFFE geoportal. A copy of public data for research, not a legal land record.
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