DEM Terrain Analysis

AI-powered terrain analysis using deep learning super-resolution. Analyze any location on Earth for environmental risk, erosion potential, water flow patterns, and more.

Tools

Tool	Description
analyze_terrain	Get Site Intelligence Score and terrain metrics summary for any lat/lon
get_full_terrain_data	Get full super-resolved DEM + per-cell metric grids
check_api_health	Verify the API is running

What it does

Given a latitude/longitude, this MCP server:

1. Fetches 30m satellite elevation data
2. Runs AI super-resolution to produce 10m terrain (3× detail enhancement)
3. Computes 6 terrain analytics metrics including the Site Intelligence Score

Metrics

• flow_direction — water drainage direction per cell (D8 algorithm)
• flow_accumulation — upstream drainage count
• twi — Topographic Wetness Index (saturation tendency)
• erosion_risk — soil erosion susceptibility [0-1]
• runoff_potential — surface water runoff likelihood [0-1]
• site_intelligence_score — composite environmental risk [0-1]

Site Intelligence Score

A composite metric combining TWI, erosion risk, and runoff potential:

• 0.0–0.2: Low risk
• 0.2–0.4: Moderate
• 0.4–0.6: Elevated
• 0.6–0.8: High
• 0.8–1.0: Critical

Installation

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dem-terrain": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["dem-terrain-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Or run directly:

pip install dem-terrain-mcp
python -m dem_terrain_mcp

Example usage

Ask your AI assistant:

"Analyze the terrain at 48.7768, -121.8145 with a 500m bounding box"

Response includes elevation range, Site Intelligence Score with risk level, and all 6 terrain metrics.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
latitude	float	yes	[-90, 90]
longitude	float	yes	[-180, 180]
bbox_size_m	int	no	Bounding box in meters [250-5000], default 500

License

Proprietary. The terrain analysis API is a hosted service.