Standard map style - Amazon Location Service
Color schemeA pleasing, modern paletteRich points of interest (POI)Designed for the worldLand use

Standard map style

The Standard map style offers a clean, modern, and general-purpose map design that can seamlessly fit into almost any application or website.

Color scheme

The Standard map style comes in both light and dark modes. The light mode is versatile and can fit into any context, while the dark mode features a constrained palette, designed to show details clearly and maintain readability in darker environments. This ensures minimal distractions, especially in scenarios such as night-time navigation.

Forest
Map of Washington state and Vancouver area showing coastal regions and major cities.
Road
Map of Bronx area showing highways, neighborhoods, and landmarks in light and dark modes.
City
Map of Boston showing neighborhoods, streets, and waterfront areas in light and dark modes.
Neighborhood
Map of Montreal showing districts, landmarks, and streets in light and dark modes.

A pleasing, modern palette

Soft colors provide important land-use context without overwhelming the map, offering useful information at both high and low zoom levels. Zoomed out, features such as forests, deserts, and glaciers add richness to the map. When zoomed in, a range of colors highlights important landmarks like schools, hospitals, recreation areas (like parks and sports facilities), and urban districts like commercial and industrial zones.

The overall style features a cohesive color palette, including POI markers that complement their respective land-use areas. The road network is displayed in shades of gray, providing detail without overwhelming the map with bright, distracting colors.

Highway
Map of San Francisco Bay Area showing cities and highways in standard and dark modes.
Beach
Map of Malibu area showing Pacific Coast Highway, Legacy Park, and Malibu Lagoon State Beach.
Island
Map of Oahu island showing major highways, Honolulu, and surrounding areas in day and night views.
Neighborhood
Map of downtown Honolulu showing streets, landmarks, and neighborhoods in light and dark modes.
Intersection
Map of Lower Manhattan showing City Hall Park, streets, and landmarks in light and dark modes.
Roundabout
Map of Washington Circle area showing streets, landmarks, and points of interest in light and dark modes.

Rich points of interest (POI)

The Standard map style supports a rich array of configurable points of interest (POIs). With just a few lines of code, you can select the POI categories relevant to your use case.

Map showing various points of interest in Midtown Manhattan, including businesses and landmarks.

Designed for the world

The Standard style supports different political views, ensuring that maps display the correct borders for your users. The style also allows easy language switching for map labels, with dozens of supported languages and writing systems.

To learn more, see Localization and internationalization.

Languages
Map of Taiwan showing major cities and geographical features including Taiwan Strait.
Political view
Map of Cyprus showing Nicosia in the north and Limassol in the south, with surrounding Mediterranean Sea.

Land use

The Standard map style uses vibrant colors to indicate designated land uses. Greens represent forests, grass, golf courses, sports centers, and parks. Relevant colors are used for water bodies, glaciers, deserts, and beaches. Additionally, land uses such as commercial, industrial, airports, military zones, medical facilities, and educational areas are highlighted with specific vibrant categories.

Light
Color-coded squares representing various land uses with corresponding hex codes.
Dark
Color-coded squares representing various land uses with corresponding hex codes and labels.