I can locate tower via opencellid front end and API, but I can't locate via downloaded database

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#1

Hello,

I seem to be able to locate towers through the opencellid front web and API, but I can’t seem to find hardly anything useful I am looking for when I use the downloaded database.

See mcc=310, mnc=260, lac=42744, cid=7041282, for example. https://www.opencellid.org/ tells me this is likely at lat=42.292983&lon=-84.963551, but you can’t find any 7041282 cid in the US 310, 311, 312, or 313 CSV files.

Am I missing something? This is not an isolated example, I tried a couple of other locations with the same outcome.

Thanks.

#2

I was hoping some of the experienced heads here could weight on this.

#3

This is because the exports only contain cells observed in the last 18 months while the API responds with older data as well.

#4

That would explain it. Thank you.

#5

Is there any way to download old data?