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BTS National Transportation Atlas

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US transportation infrastructure: rail networks (~302K segments), 175 principal ports with vessel calls and tonnage, ~196 navigation locks, ~19.4K FAA airports, and intermodal terminals (pipeline / liquid bulk / rail / RoRo) from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics National Transportation Atlas Database.

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Connect to your AI assistant

Paste this URL into Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP client, then sign in when prompted. BTS National Transportation Atlas is ready as soon as you sign in.

https://patchops.ai/api/mcp

Claude: use Add to Claude, or Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector and paste the URL.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http patchops https://patchops.ai/api/mcp

Step by step

  1. 1

    Open connectors

    In Claude, open Settings > Connectors and click "Add custom connector".

  2. 2

    Paste the URL

    Name it PatchOps and paste https://patchops.ai/api/mcp as the server URL, then click Add.

  3. 3

    Sign in

    Click Connect and sign in to PatchOps when Claude asks.

  4. 4

    Start using

    Ask Claude a question. It uses BTS National Transportation Atlas through PatchOps when it needs to.

› Technical details

US transportation infrastructure: rail networks (~302K segments), 175 principal ports with vessel calls and tonnage, ~196 navigation locks, ~19.4K FAA airports, and intermodal terminals (pipeline / liquid bulk / rail / RoRo) from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics National Transportation Atlas Database.

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