How to find a position with cell and WLAN

This section shows how to get WGS-84 compliant geographical coordinates based on LTE and WLAN information. For improved accuracy, it's recommended to always include both WLAN and cell measurements when available.

Request position

Send a POST request and specify the request body content type in the HTTP headers. Additionally, you must authenticate with an API key or a bearer token.

POST /v2/locate?apiKey={YOUR_API_KEY} HTTP/1.1
Host: positioning.hereapi.com
Content-Type: application/json

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Note
For the available authentication options, see the Identity and Access Management Developer Guide.

This POST request requires a body with both cellular and WLAN measurements formatted as specified in the API Reference.

For example, the body in this code block consists of a single LTE serving cell and three WLAN access points (APs):

{
  "lte": [
    {
      "mcc": "244",
      "mnc": "05",
      "cid": 139265,
      "rsrp": -52,
      "rsrq": -7
    }
  ],
  "wlan": [
    {
      "mac": "00:18:39:59:8C:53",
      "rss": -87
    },
    {
      "mac": "00:21:55:61:F3:0A",
      "rss": -86
    },
    {
      "mac": "00:11:5C:6B:9A:00",
      "rss": -71
    }
  ]
}

This is a sample response:

{
  "location": {
    "lat": 61.4469261,
    "lng": 23.86456411,
    "accuracy": 21
  }
}

This response contains horizontal geographical coordinates with following items:

lat: WGS-84 latitude coordinate
lng: WGS-84 longitude coordinate
accuracy: radius of the uncertainty circle around the position in meters

Request position

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