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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: FCC Contours Coverage API
  description: 'The FCC Enterprise Contours API provides broadcast radio and television service area data. Includes coverage contours for FM and TV stations by call sign, Facility ID, or ApplicationID, plus elevation, Height Above Average Terrain (HAAT), antenna patterns, coordinate conversion, and distance-curve calculations. All endpoints are free with no authentication required.

    '
  version: 1.5.0
  contact:
    name: Federal Communications Commission
    url: https://geo.fcc.gov/api/contours/
  license:
    name: FCC API Terms of Service
    url: https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/developers/api-terms-service
servers:
- url: https://geo.fcc.gov/api/contours
  description: FCC Contours API
tags:
- name: coverage
  description: Get service contour for TV and FM stations
paths:
  /coverage.json:
    get:
      tags:
      - coverage
      operationId: getCoverage
      summary: Get Contour by Service Type
      description: 'Get contour based on serviceType (FM, TV). Response returned in GeoJSON, JSONP, Shapefile, KML, GML, CSV.

        '
      parameters:
      - name: serviceType
        in: query
        required: true
        description: 'Type of broadcast service. Valid values: tv, fm'
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - tv
          - fm
      - name: lat
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Latitude of the transmitter site
        schema:
          type: number
          format: double
      - name: lon
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Longitude of the transmitter site
        schema:
          type: number
          format: double
      - name: nradial
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Number of radials
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: rcamsl
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Radiation Center Above Mean Sea Level (meters)
        schema:
          type: number
          format: double
      - name: field
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Field strength (dBu)
        schema:
          type: number
          format: double
      - name: channel
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Channel (required for TV)
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: erp
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Effective Radiation Power (kW)
        schema:
          type: number
          format: double
      - name: curve
        in: query
        required: true
        description: 'Type of propagation curve. 0: F(50,50), 1: F(50,10), 2: F(50,90)'
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - '0'
          - '1'
          - '2'
      - name: pattern
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 'Radiation strength at various azimuths for directional antennas. Provide azimuth,strength pairs separated by semicolons. Example: 0,0.63;10,0.57;

          '
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: ant_rotation
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Antenna rotation (0-360, default 0)
        schema:
          type: string
          default: '0'
      - name: pop
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Include population calculation
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
      - name: area
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Include coverage area calculation
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
      - name: src
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 'Elevation data source. NED 1 arc-second (ned_1), 1/3 arc-second (ned_13), Alaska 2 arc-second (ned_2), or global dataset (globe30).

          '
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - ned_1
          - ned_2
          - globe30
      - name: unit
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 'Unit of measurement: m=meters (default), mi=miles, ft=feet'
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - m
          - mi
          - ft
          default: m
      responses:
        '200':
          description: GeoJSON coverage contour data
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object