Compact Designed Cable Route Tracer helps to prepare maps and records of precious utilities [cables] that are assets of the utility network facilitating underground asset management. The Cable Route Tracer avoids indiscriminate digging and damage to public properties due to random excavation. The Cable Route Tracer is designed specifically for locating or tracing the actual route of underground cables. Compact Designed Cable Route Tracer also indicates the depth of the cable laid underground.