Zanzibar Buildings (COLA · Building registration numbers)

Zanzibar building footprints from the COLA register by building registration number or coordinates.

Hosted MCP Server

npx add-mcp 'https://bumiatlas.com/mcp/tanzania'

Installs into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and more

Documentation

Zanzibar Buildings & BRN Lookup MCP (Tanzania)

Kiswahili

Connect your AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor) to BumiAtlas for Zanzibar property research through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

This listing is a focused entry point for:

  • ~492k building footprints on Unguja and Pemba from the Commission for Lands' (COLA) building register, published on ZanSDI
  • Building lookup by building registration number (BRN, 120G40004) or coordinates
  • Registered footprint area
  • Satellite and street map images of a building and its neighbours, labelled by BRN

Buildings, not land parcels: Zanzibar's parcels aren't published as data, and mainland Tanzania isn't covered. No owners or occupants.

Connect

https://bumiatlas.com/mcp/tanzania

Add it as a custom connector in any MCP client and sign in with Google. Tools, examples and data notes: bumiatlas.com/mcp-docs/tanzania.

  • 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

ToolDescription
TZ_building_searchFind buildings by BRN or latitude, longitude; each result is the whole record, the footprint as GeoJSON on request
TZ_building_imageSatellite or street map image of a building or point, with every footprint in view outlined and labelled with its BRN

Example prompts

  • "Which building is at -5.17008, 39.79258?"
  • "Look up building 92H20040 and show it on satellite imagery."
  • "Show the buildings around this point."
  • "How large is this building's footprint?"

Data source

Buildings © Commission for Lands, Zanzibar (COLA), via ZanSDI. A copy of public data for research, not a legal record.

Kiswahili

Unganisha msaidizi wako wa AI (Claude, ChatGPT au Cursor) na BumiAtlas kupitia Model Context Protocol (MCP) kutafiti majengo ya Zanzibar.

  • Takriban majengo 492,000 ya Unguja na Pemba kutoka Kamisheni ya Ardhi (COLA)
  • Tafuta kwa namba ya usajili wa jengo (BRN, 120G40004) au kwa viwianishi (latitudo, longitudo)
  • Picha za setilaiti na ramani za jengo na majengo jirani

Hakuna majina ya wamiliki wala wakazi.

Kuunganisha: ongeza https://bumiatlas.com/mcp/tanzania kama custom connector kwenye MCP client yako na uingie kwa Google. Majina ya zana ni ya Kiingereza, lakini msaidizi anaweza kujibu kwa Kiswahili.