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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: FCC Contours Profile 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: profile
  description: Get terrain elevation profile between two points
paths:
  /profile.json:
    get:
      tags:
      - profile
      operationId: getProfile
      summary: Get Terrain Elevation Profile
      description: 'Get the terrain elevation profile along a path between two geographic points, specified by a starting point plus azimuth, or start and end coordinates.

        '
      parameters:
      - name: lat
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Latitude of the starting point in decimal degrees
        schema:
          type: number
          format: double
      - name: lon
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Longitude of the starting point in decimal degrees
        schema:
          type: number
          format: double
      - name: azimuth
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Azimuth direction from the start point (degrees)
        schema:
          type: number
          format: double
      - name: start
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Start distance along the path (km)
        schema:
          type: number
          format: double
      - name: end
        in: query
        required: false
        description: End distance along the path (km)
        schema:
          type: number
          format: double
      - name: num_points
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Number of elevation sample points along the profile
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: src
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Elevation data source
        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: Array of elevation values along the profile
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object