Soracom CellLocation API

openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Soracom and Query Analysis CellLocation API
  description: Run SQL queries against Soracom Query, fetch query schemas, and search SIMs, Inventory devices, and Sigfox devices.
  version: 20250903-043502
servers:
- description: Japan coverage production API endpoint
  url: https://api.soracom.io/v1
- description: Global coverage production API endpoint
  url: https://g.api.soracom.io/v1
tags:
- description: '[Cell tower location information](/en/docs/air/get-location-info/#get-cell-tower-location-information)'
  name: CellLocation
paths:
  /cell_locations:
    get:
      description: "Retrieves location information (latitude/longitude) for a cell tower based on cell information such as Cell ID.\n\n- For 3G, please specify MCC, MNC, LAC, and CID. It is possible to retrieve approximate location information without CID, but the accuracy will be low.\n\n    3G example\n    ```\n    $ curl -X GET \"https://api.soracom.io/v1/cell_locations?mcc=440&mnc=10&lac=196\" \\\n    -H \"X-Soracom-API-Key: $X_SORACOM_API_KEY\" \\\n    -H \"X-Soracom-Token: $X_SORACOM_TOKEN\"\n    ```\n\n- For LTE (4G), please specify MCC, MNC, TAC, and ECID.\n\n    4G example\n    ```\n    $ curl -X GET \"https://api.soracom.io/v1/cell_locations?mcc=440&mnc=10&tac=5680&ecid=48872466\" \\\n    -H \"X-Soracom-API-Key: $X_SORACOM_API_KEY\" \\\n    -H \"X-Soracom-Token: $X_SORACOM_TOKEN\"\n    ```\n\nThe conversion of cell tower information to location information uses the OpenCelliD Project database. The specified cell tower information is used to extract the corresponding location information from the OpenCelliD Project database, but it is possible that the location information may not exist or may be different from the actual location.\n\n[![Creative Commons License](/assets/images/ccbysa_4.0_80x15.png)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ \"no-icon-external-link\") <span xmlns:dct=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" property=\"dct:title\"><a xmlns:cc=\"https://creativecommons.org/ns#\" href=\"https://opencellid.org\" property=\"cc:attributionName\" rel=\"cc:attributionURL\" target=\"_blank\">OpenCelliD Project</a></span> is licensed under a <a rel=\"license\" href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</a>\n"
      operationId: getCellLocation
      parameters:
      - description: MCC - Mobile Country Code.
        example: 440
        in: query
        name: mcc
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - description: MNC - Mobile Network Code.
        example: 10
        in: query
        name: mnc
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - description: LAC - Location Area Code (for 3G).
        in: query
        name: lac
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - description: CID - Cell ID (for 3G).
        in: query
        name: cid
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - description: TAC - Tracking Area Code (for 4G).
        example: 5680
        in: query
        name: tac
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - description: ECID - Enhanced Cell ID (for 4G) - specify either `ecid` or `eci`. The result is the same regardless of which value is specified.
        example: 48872466
        in: query
        name: ecid
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - description: ECID - Enhanced Cell ID (for 4G) - specify either `ecid` or `eci`. The result is the same regardless of which value is specified.
        in: query
        name: eci
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                avg_strength: 0
                created: '2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z'
                exact: 0
                lat: 35.7119449
                lon: 139.813642
                range: 476
                samples: 7
                updated: 2022-01-01T00:00:00:000Z
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CellLocation'
          description: Location information for the cell tower.
        '404':
          description: Location information is not found for the cell tower.
      security:
      - api_key: []
        api_token: []
      summary: Get location information for a cell tower
      tags:
      - CellLocation
      x-soracom-cli:
      - cell-locations get
    post:
      description: 'Retrieves a list of location information (latitude/longitude) for multiple cell towers based on cell information such as Cell ID. For 3G, please specify MCC, MNC, LAC, and CID. It is possible to retrieve approximate location information without CID, but the accuracy will be low. For LTE (4G), please specify MCC, MNC, TAC, and ECID. The conversion of cell tower information to location information uses the OpenCelliD Project database, so it is possible that the information may not exist or may be incorrect.


        [![Creative Commons License](/assets/images/ccbysa_4.0_80x15.png)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ "no-icon-external-link") <span xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" property="dct:title"><a xmlns:cc="https://creativecommons.org/ns#" href="https://opencellid.org" property="cc:attributionName" rel="cc:attributionURL" target="_blank">OpenCelliD Project</a></span> is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" target="_blank">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</a>

        '
      operationId: batchGetCellLocations
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            example:
            - cid: '68485165'
              identifier: test001
              lac: '195'
              mcc: '440'
              mnc: '10'
            - ecid: '44668480'
              identifier: test002
              mcc: '440'
              mnc: '10'
              tac: '5840'
            schema:
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CellIdentifier'
              type: array
        description: List of cell identifiers.
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
              - avg_strength: 0
                created: '2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z'
                exact: 0
                identifier: test001
                lat: 35.6814383
                lon: 139.7665133
                range: 0
                samples: 1
                updated: 2022-01-01T00:00:00:000Z
              - avg_strength: 0
                created: '2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z'
                exact: 0
                identifier: test002
                lat: 35.7119449
                lon: 139.813642
                range: 476
                samples: 7
                updated: 2022-01-01T00:00:00:000Z
              schema:
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/CellLocation'
                type: array
          description: List of location information for the specified cell towers.
      security:
      - api_key: []
        api_token: []
      summary: List location information for multiple cell towers.
      tags:
      - CellLocation
      x-soracom-cli:
      - cell-locations batch-get
components:
  schemas:
    CellLocation:
      properties:
        avg_strength:
          description: Average signal strength from all observations for the cell network. This is an integer value, in dBm.
          format: int32
          type: integer
        created:
          description: Timestamp of the time (UTC) when this record was first created.
          format: date-time
          type: string
        exact:
          description: Whether or not this cell is a position estimate based on observations subject to change in the future (`0`) or an exact location entered from a knowledgeable source (`1`).
          format: int32
          type: integer
        identifier:
          description: Unique identifier that is assigned by the client requesting cell locations, and is included as-is in the response.
          type: string
        lat:
          description: Latitude.
          format: double
          type: number
        lon:
          description: Longitude.
          format: double
          type: number
        range:
          description: Estimate of radio range (radius from the estimated coordinates. In meters). This is an estimate on how large each cell area is, as a radius around the estimated position and is based on the observations or a knowledgeable source.
          format: int32
          type: integer
        samples:
          description: Total number of observations used to calculate the estimated position, range and avg_strength.
          format: int32
          type: integer
        updated:
          description: Timestamp of the time (UTC) when this record was most recently modified.
          format: date-time
          type: string
      type: object
    CellIdentifier:
      properties:
        cid:
          type: string
        eci:
          type: string
        ecid:
          type: string
        identifier:
          description: An identifier to link a request to the result of that request. Optional.
          type: string
        lac:
          type: string
        mcc:
          type: string
        mnc:
          type: string
        tac:
          type: string
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    api_key:
      description: 'API key for authentication. Obtain this from the Soracom User Console or via the Auth API.

        Required in combination with an API token for all authenticated requests.

        '
      in: header
      name: X-Soracom-API-Key
      type: apiKey
    api_token:
      description: 'API token for authentication. This token has an expiration time and must be refreshed periodically.

        Required in combination with an API key for all authenticated requests.'
      in: header
      name: X-Soracom-Token
      type: apiKey