How to Get Latitude and Longitude from Cell Tower Info Using Azure Maps?

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How to Get Latitude and Longitude from Cell Tower Info Using Azure Maps?

Mohit 0

Google Maps provides an API to determine location based on cell tower information. For example, the following request retrieves location details using cellId, locationAreaCode, mobileCountryCode, and mobileNetworkCode:

curl -X POST "https://www.googleapis.com/geolocation/v1/geolocate?key=API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "radioType": "gsm",
    "considerIp": false,
    "cellTowers": [
      {
        "cellId": xxxxxxxx,
        "locationAreaCode": xxxxx,
        "mobileCountryCode": xxx,
        "mobileNetworkCode": x
      }
    ]
  }

Does Azure Maps offer a similar API to retrieve location information using cell tower data? If so, what is the equivalent request format?

Manas Mohanty 3,125 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-03-17T08:06:27.81+00:00

Hi Mohit

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2025-03-18T06:03:04.1733333+00:00

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Manas Mohanty 3,125 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-03-17T08:06:27.81+00:00

Hi Mohit

Please let us know if the below pointer has been helpful to you.

Thank you
Manas Mohanty 3,125 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-03-18T06:03:04.1733333+00:00

Hi Mohit

We have not heard from you. Hope the pointers shared were useful to you.

Thank you.

Answer 1

Manas Mohanty 3,125 Microsoft External Staff

Hi Mohit

I could not find mention of reverse geocoding using cell tower.

But you can find respective area's latitude and longitude from pin code/area using below commands.

curl -X GET "https://atlas.microsoft.com/search/address/json?subscription-key=<apikey>&api-version=1.0&language=en-US&query=<pincodeofarea or areaname>"

Reference

Hope it helps.

Thank you.

Answer 2

rbrundritt 20,201 Microsoft Employee

Azure Maps does not provide an API to get location information from cell tower triangulation. In fact, this is the first time I've come across anyone has asking for this. Looking around I don't see any 3rd party solutions for this in the Azure Marketplace.

There are some other companies that provide similar services but I'm not sure where those are hosted. For example:

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