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La API de Geolocation es un servicio que acepta una solicitud HTTPS con las torres de telefonía celular y los puntos de acceso a Wi-Fi que puede detectar un cliente móvil. Devuelve coordenadas de latitud y longitud, y un radio que indica la precisión del resultado para cada entrada válida.
Por qué usar la API de Geolocation
Usa la API de Geolocation para ubicar dispositivos móviles que no proporcionan funciones de geolocalización nativas.
Qué puedes hacer con la API de Geolocation
Con la API de Geolocation, puedes usar datos geoespaciales de torres de telefonía celular y nodos Wi-Fi para obtener la ubicación de un dispositivo que no tiene geolocalización nativa ni GPS.
Cómo funciona la API de Geolocation
La API de Geolocation usa campos de datos de dispositivos celulares, datos de torres de telefonía celular y datos de arrays de puntos de acceso Wi-Fi para devolver coordenadas de latitud y longitud, y un radio de precisión. Acepta una solicitud POST HTTPS en su extremo junto con un cuerpo de solicitud estructurado en JSON. En el siguiente ejemplo, se muestran la URL de la solicitud y un ejemplo del cuerpo de la solicitud:
La API puede devolver datos para varios campos de datos celulares comunes, como se indica a continuación.
Recursos
En la siguiente tabla, se resumen los campos del cuerpo de la solicitud de la llamada al extremo de geolocalización, junto con el tipo de datos que se proporcionan a partir de esas consultas.
Una vez que tengas una clave de API, puedes comenzar a probar la API de Geolocation con cURL o Postman. Consulta Solicitudes de ejemplo en la guía Solicitudes y respuestas de Geolocation para obtener más detalles.
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Cómo obtener el ID de celda de diferentes torres de radio
Explora las respuestas de los datos de ubicación geográfica para prepararte para usar los datos de elevación en tu app. Consulta las
respuestas de ubicación geográfica
para obtener más detalles.
Bibliotecas cliente disponibles
Llama a esta API en el idioma que prefieras a través de una de las siguientes bibliotecas cliente:
Las bibliotecas cliente de Java, Python, Go y Node.js para los servicios de Google Maps son bibliotecas cliente de código abierto según la licencia Apache 2.0 que cuentan con asistencia de la comunidad.
Descárgalas de GitHub, donde también encontrarás instrucciones de instalación y código de muestra.
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It returns\nlatitude/longitude coordinates and a radius indicating the accuracy of the\nresult for each valid input.\n| **Note** : To get device location information using latitude and longitude coordinates, addresses, or Place IDs, go to the [Geocoding API](/maps/documentation/geocoding/overview).\n\nWhy use the Geolocation API\n\nUse the Geolocation API to locate mobile devices that do not provide native geolocation\nfeatures.\n| For web browsers and mobile devices that ***already provide geolocation capabilities*** , use the following instead:\n|\n| - **Browsers with HTML5 geolocation** : Use the Maps Javascript API. For more information, go to [Geolocation:\n| Displaying User or Device Position on Maps](/maps/documentation/javascript/geolocation).\n| - **Mobile devices geolocation** : Go to [Geocoding API](/maps/documentation/geocoding/overview).\n|\n| For more information on the W3C Geolocation standard, see\n| [W3C Geolocation standard](https://w3c.github.io/geolocation-api/).\n\nWhat you can do with the Geolocation API\n\nWith the Geolocation API, you can use geospatial data from cell towers\nand WiFi nodes to get the location of a device that does not have native geolocation or GPS.\n\nHow the Geolocation API works\n\nThe Geolocation API uses cellular device data fields, cell tower\ndata, and WiFi access point array data to return latitude/longitude coordinates and an accuracy\nradius. It accepts an HTTPS POST request to its endpoint along with a JSON structured request\nbody. The following example shows the request URL and an example request body:\n\n```json\ncurl -X POST \"https://www.googleapis.com/geolocation/v1/geolocate?key=\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eYOUR_API_KEY\u003c/var\u003e\" \\\n-H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n-d \\\n'{ \"homeMobileCountryCode\":310,\n \"homeMobileNetworkCode\":410,\n \"radioType\":\"gsm\",\n \"carrier\":\"Vodafone\",\n \"considerIp\":true\n}'\n```\nThe API can return data for a number of common cellular data fields as indicated below.\n\nResources\n\nThe following table summarizes the fields in the request body of the geolocation endpoint\ncall, along with the type of data provided from such queries.\n\n| Data resources | Data returned | Return format |\n|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------|\n| [Cell device data fields](/maps/documentation/geolocation/requests-geolocation#body) such as carrier, device, and network information. | Latitude/longitude coordinates and an accuracy radius | JSON |\n| [Cell tower data](/maps/documentation/geolocation/requests-geolocation#cell_tower_object), such as location area code and mobile country codes. | Latitude/longitude coordinates and an accuracy radius | JSON |\n| [WiFi access points data](/maps/documentation/geolocation/requests-geolocation#wifi_access_point_object), such as MAC address and signal strength. | Latitude/longitude coordinates and an accuracy radius | JSON |\n\nHow to use the Geolocation API\n\n|---|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| 1 | **Get set up** | Start with [Set up your Google Cloud project](/maps/documentation/elevation/cloud-setup) and complete the setup instructions that follow. |\n| 2 | **Try a geolocation request** | Once you have an API key, you can start testing out the Geolocation API using cURL or Postman. See [Sample requests](/maps/documentation/geolocation/requests-geolocation#sample-requests) in the Geolocation requests and response guide for details. |\n| 3 | **Get the cellID from different radio towers** | See [Calculating cellID](/maps/documentation/geolocation/requests-geolocation#calculating_cell_id) and [Calculating newRadioCellID](/maps/documentation/geolocation/requests-geolocation#sample-requests) to get access to older and newer towers, respectively. |\n| 4 | **Understand response basics** | Explore the geolocation data responses to prepare to use elevation data for your app. See [Geolocation responses](/maps/documentation/geolocation/requests-geolocation#responses) for details. |\n\nAvailable client libraries\n\nCall this API in the language of\nyour choice through one of the following client libraries:\n\n- [Java\n Client for Google Maps Services](https://github.com/googlemaps/google-maps-services-java)\n- [Python\n Client for Google Maps Services](https://github.com/googlemaps/google-maps-services-python)\n- [Go Client\n for Google Maps Services](https://github.com/googlemaps/google-maps-services-go)\n- [Node.js\n Client for Google Maps Services](https://github.com/googlemaps/google-maps-services-js)\n\nThe Java Client, Python Client, Go Client and Node.js Client for Google Maps\nServices are community-supported client libraries, open sourced under the\n[Apache 2.0 License](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).\nDownload them from GitHub, where you can also find installation instructions and sample code.\n\nWhat's next\n\n- **Get started with sample requests and responses** : Go to [Geolocation request and response](/maps/documentation/geolocation/requests-geolocation)\n- **Follow best practices** : Go to [Web Service Best Practices](/maps/documentation/geolocation/web-service-best-practices).\n- **Understand billing** : Go to [Usage and Billing](/maps/documentation/geolocation/usage-and-billing)."]]