OpenCellID

liveGeographyTechnology

50M+ cell towers — geolocate by MCC/MNC/LAC/CellID or list towers in a bounding box.

2tools
0msauth
free tier50 calls/day

Tools

get_cellrequired: mcc, mnc, lac, cell_id

Geolocate a tower by MCC/MNC/LAC/CellID.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
mccreqnumberMobile Country Code
mncreqnumberMobile Network Code
lacreqnumberLocation Area Code
cell_idreqnumberCell ID
radiooptstringGSM | UMTS | LTE | CDMA
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cells_in_arearequired: bbox

List towers in a bounding box.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
bboxreqstring"lat_sw,lon_sw,lat_ne,lon_ne"
mccoptnumberRestrict to a country
mncoptnumberRestrict to a network
limitoptnumberMax records
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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/opencellid/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/opencellid/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_cell","arguments":{"mcc": 10, "mnc": 10, "lac": 10, "cell_id": 1}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("get_cell", {"mcc":"example","mnc":"example","lac":"example","cell_id":"example"});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("50m+ cell towers — geolocate by mcc/mnc/lac/cellid or list towers in a bounding box");