Map Animation Studio

ChatGPT integration

Make map videos by chatting with ChatGPT.

Connect Map Animation Studio to ChatGPT once. Then describe a video in plain words, and ChatGPT builds the project in your account, ready to preview and edit.

Before you start

Server address

https://api.mapanimationstudio.com/mcp/map-studio

You can also copy it from the MCP page in your account.

Open the MCP page

  • A paid ChatGPT plan, on the web

    Free accounts can’t add custom MCP servers, and they can only be added on ChatGPT’s website. See which plans can.

  • On Business, Enterprise or Edu

    Your workspace admin may need to allow custom MCP servers first.

  • A Map Animation Studio account

    Every plan includes a daily allowance of requests from your assistant.

Connect ChatGPT and make your first video

Connecting takes a few minutes, and you see every permission before you allow it.

  1. Copy your server address

    Sign in to Map Animation Studio and choose MCP in the sidebar. Under Connection, copy the Server URL. You paste it into ChatGPT in a moment.

  2. Open Plugins

    On ChatGPT’s website, open Plugins, choose + and then Add custom MCP server.

  3. Name it and paste the address

    Call it Map Animation Studio. Under Connection, paste the server address into Server URL and set authentication to OAuth.

  4. Allow access

    Map Animation Studio opens. Sign in if asked, check what ChatGPT will be able to do and choose Allow.

  5. Create and install the plugin

    Back in ChatGPT, read the warning and choose I understand and want to continue, then Create as a plugin. Install the plugin when it appears.

  6. Pick it with @

    Start a new chat, type @ and choose Map Animation Studio. Then describe the video you want.

  7. Let ChatGPT build it

    ChatGPT asks you to confirm before it changes anything in your account. Once you approve, the project appears there, ready to preview and edit.

  8. Change it scene by scene

    Keep talking. Ask for a slower camera, another colour or a new scene, and ChatGPT changes only that part of the project. Everything stays editable in the studio too.

Ideas for your first request

Write the way you would to a person. ChatGPT creates projects, adds scenes and changes them in your account, and you can keep editing in the studio.

  • Make a 20-second video that flies from Istanbul to Tokyo.
  • Show Norway, Sweden and Finland in separate scenes, each in its own colour.
  • In my latest project, make the camera move more slowly.
Journeys

ChatGPT is a trademark of OpenAI. Map Animation Studio is not affiliated with OpenAI.

Start a new sequence

Give your next story a sense of place.

Build the route, direct the camera, and turn geography into a sequence people can follow.

Start creating