get_subsea_cables
Get Subsea Cables
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Subsea (submarine) cable landings near a coordinate, or the global cable catalogue. The physical internet crossing an ocean lands at a finite number of points, and distance to one is a real siting factor for anything latency- or transit-sensitive. Pass lat+lon (+radius_km) for LANDING POINTS near a site — each with name, coordinates and distance_km. Omit coordinates for the CATALOGUE of tracked cables (712 tracked; each with cable_id, name, owners, length_km, rfs_year, is_planned — sparse fields are null, not guessed). ★ READ field_coverage AND connectivity_note BEFORE DRAWING A CONCLUSION: cable_count per landing point is NOT populated — the ingest writes the column but the upstream TeleGeography feed does not supply what it derives from, so every row carries the default 0. That is why connectivity_grade comes back null rather than graded: proximity to a landing point does NOT establish how many cables are reachable from it, and DC Hub will not infer a grade it cannot source. A filter over cable_count returns nothing for the same reason. Treat 0 as UNKNOWN, never as "no cables". Answers "which subsea cables land near this Virginia site" and "how far is the nearest cable landing from my campus". Try: get_subsea_cables lat=36.85 lon=-75.98 radius_km=200 — or get_subsea_cables (no args) for the catalogue. Do NOT use for terrestrial fiber routes (get_fiber_intel), a parcel fiber verdict (get_fiber_readiness), metro fiber depth (get_metro_fiber), or internet-exchange / peering density (get_peering_intel).
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| lat | number | no | Latitude of the site, e.g. 36.85 — with lon, returns landing points near it; omit both for the cable catalogue |
| lon | number | no | Longitude of the site, e.g. -75.98 |
| latitude | number | no | Alias for lat — either name works |
| lng | number | no | Alias for lon — either name works |
| longitude | number | no | Alias for lon — either name works |
| radius_km | number | no | Search radius in km around lat/lon for landing points (default 200) |
| limit | integer | no | Max results to return (1-500; default varies by tool) |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"lat": {
"description": "Latitude of the site, e.g. 36.85 — with lon, returns landing points near it; omit both for the cable catalogue",
"type": "number"
},
"lon": {
"description": "Longitude of the site, e.g. -75.98",
"type": "number"
},
"latitude": {
"description": "Alias for lat — either name works",
"type": "number"
},
"lng": {
"description": "Alias for lon — either name works",
"type": "number"
},
"longitude": {
"description": "Alias for lon — either name works",
"type": "number"
},
"radius_km": {
"description": "Search radius in km around lat/lon for landing points (default 200)",
"type": "number"
},
"limit": {
"description": "Max results to return (1-500; default varies by tool)",
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 500
}
}
}