UTM Coordinate Skill

Overview

Perfect for GIS applications, mapping systems, and any application that needs to work with both coordinate systems interchangeably.

Live Test UTM Coordinate Skill Skill →

The tool

Once your client is connected to the VerveKit server, this appears in its tool list as UTMCoordinateSkill. It is read-only and open-world — it fetches and never mutates anything on your side — so most clients call it without asking you to confirm.

Tool call

{
  "name": "UTMCoordinateSkill",
  "arguments": {
    "latitude": "40.7128",
    "longitude": "-74.006"
  }
}

You do not name the tool yourself; the model picks it. Asking about 40.7128 in the terms this skill covers is enough for it to reach for UTMCoordinateSkill on its own — naming it explicitly also works, and is the way to force the call.

Connecting

One server URL covers every skill in the catalog, including this one. Authorization is OAuth: the client opens a browser once, and there is no key to paste into a config file.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vervekit": {
      "url": "https://api.vervekit.com/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Per-client setup — Claude, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT — is on the MCP setup page.

Arguments

These are the properties on the tool's inputSchema, so a well-behaved client validates them before the call is made. Premium arguments are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them.

Argument	Type	Description
`direction`Optional	string	Conversion direction `to_utmfrom_utm` default to_utm
`latitude`Required	number	Latitude (-90 to 90) range -90–90
`longitude`Required	number	Longitude (-180 to 180) range -180–180

What the model gets back

The result carries a structuredContent object matching the tool's declared outputSchema, so a client reads fields without parsing prose. status is "ok" and error is null on success; a null field means the value was not available for that input, not that the call failed.

Result

{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "conversion": "lat/lon to UTM",
    "input": {
      "latitude": 40.7128,
      "longitude": -74.006
    },
    "output": {
      "zone": 18,
      "hemisphere": "N",
      "easting": 583959.37,
      "northing": 4507351
    },
    "formatted": "18N 583959E 4507351N",
    "datum": "WGS84"
  }
}

Response fields

Paths are relative to data. Premium fields are absent rather than zeroed on plans that do not include them, so check for presence instead of comparing to 0.

Field	Type	Example	Description
`conversion`	string	`lat/lon to UTM`	Type of conversion performed (UTM to lat/lon)
`input`	object	`{…}`
`input.latitude`	number	`40.7128`	Input latitude coordinate value
`input.longitude`	number	`-74.006`	Input longitude coordinate value
`output`	object	`{…}`
`output.zone`	number	`18`	UTM zone number (1-60) for converted coordinates
`output.hemisphere`	string	`N`	Hemisphere designation (N for north, S for south)
`output.easting`	number	`583959.37`	UTM easting coordinate in meters
`output.northing`	number	`4507351`	UTM northing coordinate in meters
`formatted`	string	`18N 583959E 4507351N`	Human-readable formatted lat/lon string
`datum`	string	`WGS84`	Geodetic datum used (WGS84)

Failure modes

Errors come back as tool errors carrying a sentence the model can act on, not a bare status code. Error handling covers the full list.

Status	What it means
`400` / `422`	The arguments did not validate. The message names the offending one.
`401`	The OAuth session is invalid or expired — reconnect the server.
`403`	Blocked by a key restriction or an IP allow-list. Never a bad identity.
`404`	This skill is not part of VerveKit. Check the catalog.
`429`	Out of credits, or a brief rate limit. The message tells them apart.

A call costs 2 credits each time the tool actually runs; a model that reasons about the tool without calling it costs nothing.

Use cases

GPS Mapping: Convert GPS coordinates to UTM format for accurate mapping, navigation, and location-based services
GIS Applications: Build GIS and surveying applications with precise coordinate transformations for land management and spatial analysis
Military Systems: Transform coordinates for military applications including tactical operations, navigation systems, and mission planning
Data Processing: Support geographic data processing workflows with bidirectional UTM and latitude/longitude coordinate conversion

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