GetMapGlyphs - Amazon Location Service

GetMapGlyphs

Retrieves glyphs used to display labels on a map.

Request Syntax

GET /maps/v0/maps/MapName/glyphs/FontStack/FontUnicodeRange?key=Key HTTP/1.1

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

FontStack

A comma-separated list of fonts to load glyphs from in order of preference. For example, Noto Sans Regular, Arial Unicode.

Valid font stacks for Esri styles:

  • VectorEsriDarkGrayCanvas – Ubuntu Medium Italic | Ubuntu Medium | Ubuntu Italic | Ubuntu Regular | Ubuntu Bold

  • VectorEsriLightGrayCanvas – Ubuntu Italic | Ubuntu Regular | Ubuntu Light | Ubuntu Bold

  • VectorEsriTopographic – Noto Sans Italic | Noto Sans Regular | Noto Sans Bold | Noto Serif Regular | Roboto Condensed Light Italic

  • VectorEsriStreets – Arial Regular | Arial Italic | Arial Bold

  • VectorEsriNavigation – Arial Regular | Arial Italic | Arial Bold

Valid font stacks for HERE Technologies styles:

  • VectorHereContrast – Fira GO Regular | Fira GO Bold

  • VectorHereExplore, VectorHereExploreTruck, HybridHereExploreSatellite – Fira GO Italic | Fira GO Map | Fira GO Map Bold | Noto Sans CJK JP Bold | Noto Sans CJK JP Light | Noto Sans CJK JP Regular

Valid font stacks for GrabMaps styles:

  • VectorGrabStandardLight, VectorGrabStandardDark – Noto Sans Regular | Noto Sans Medium | Noto Sans Bold

Valid font stacks for Open Data styles:

  • VectorOpenDataStandardLight, VectorOpenDataStandardDark, VectorOpenDataVisualizationLight, VectorOpenDataVisualizationDark – Amazon Ember Regular,Noto Sans Regular | Amazon Ember Bold,Noto Sans Bold | Amazon Ember Medium,Noto Sans Medium | Amazon Ember Regular Italic,Noto Sans Italic | Amazon Ember Condensed RC Regular,Noto Sans Regular | Amazon Ember Condensed RC Bold,Noto Sans Bold | Amazon Ember Regular,Noto Sans Regular,Noto Sans Arabic Regular | Amazon Ember Condensed RC Bold,Noto Sans Bold,Noto Sans Arabic Condensed Bold | Amazon Ember Bold,Noto Sans Bold,Noto Sans Arabic Bold | Amazon Ember Regular Italic,Noto Sans Italic,Noto Sans Arabic Regular | Amazon Ember Condensed RC Regular,Noto Sans Regular,Noto Sans Arabic Condensed Regular | Amazon Ember Medium,Noto Sans Medium,Noto Sans Arabic Medium

Note

The fonts used by the Open Data map styles are combined fonts that use Amazon Ember for most glyphs but Noto Sans for glyphs unsupported by Amazon Ember.

Required: Yes

FontUnicodeRange

A Unicode range of characters to download glyphs for. Each response will contain 256 characters. For example, 0–255 includes all characters from range U+0000 to 00FF. Must be aligned to multiples of 256.

Pattern: [0-9]+-[0-9]+\.pbf

Required: Yes

Key

The optional API key to authorize the request.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 1000.

MapName

The map resource associated with the glyph file.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.

Pattern: [-._\w]+

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request does not have a request body.

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 200 Content-Type: ContentType Cache-Control: CacheControl Blob

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The response returns the following HTTP headers.

CacheControl

The HTTP Cache-Control directive for the value.

ContentType

The map glyph content type. For example, application/octet-stream.

The response returns the following as the HTTP body.

Blob

The glyph, as binary blob.

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AccessDeniedException

The request was denied because of insufficient access or permissions. Check with an administrator to verify your permissions.

HTTP Status Code: 403

InternalServerException

The request has failed to process because of an unknown server error, exception, or failure.

HTTP Status Code: 500

ResourceNotFoundException

The resource that you've entered was not found in your AWS account.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ThrottlingException

The request was denied because of request throttling.

HTTP Status Code: 429

ValidationException

The input failed to meet the constraints specified by the AWS service.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: