Amazon Location Service Maps - Amazon Location Service

Amazon Location Service Maps

Map icon leading to SDK package, then to multiple devices showing maps.

The Amazon Location Service Map gives you access to the underlying base map data for 190 countries with 5 million daily updates. Through both static and dynamic map capabilities, you gain flexibility to cater to diverse user needs and deliver immersive, contextually relevant mapping solutions.

Static maps offer pre-rendered representations of geographic data, enabling you to embed high-quality visuals that enhance reports and provide spatial context in emails. Dynamic maps allow you to create interactive and responsive experiences, where users can pan, zoom, and explore the map in real-time, aligning with the requirements and preferences of your business. Whether you're showing real-time turn-by-turn navigation, visualizing location-based data, or enabling users to explore new areas, Amazon’s services equip you with the tools to deliver tailored solutions that resonate with your audience.

Features

The Amazon Location Service offers dynamic maps and static maps.

Dynamic maps

You can use AWS Map Styles such as standard, monochrome, hybrid, and satellite. You can add an interactive map to your application using AWS Map Styles with a map rendering engine such as MapLibre. Dynamic maps also support map gestures such as zoom, pan, ease, fly, pitch, rotate, and bearing.

Static maps

You can use static map URLs to embed simple map images on your website, report, or email without the need for a map rendering engine. Static maps allow you to overlay markers (or pins), routes, and polygon areas as needed for your application.

Political view

To switch from the international perspective to a country-specific geopolitical view, use the political view parameter in your API query. This helps businesses comply with local laws, as certain countries require adherence to their specific geopolitical views for maps and map data.

Common use cases

Embed maps in your application

Build maps into your applications to create location-based experiences. Visualize business locations, search for points of interest, and help users find specific addresses. Enable seamless location sharing and geotagging features to engage your customers. Use comprehensive map data, robust geocoding, and flexible rendering to create customized, interactive maps tailored to your needs. Integrate dynamic, high-quality mapping experiences that drive user engagement and business insights into your application, whether you're building a directory, ride-sharing app, or social platform.

Static maps for reporting or printing

Seamlessly add images of street maps, satellite imagery, and location-based visuals into your websites, documents, and applications. Static maps enable you to create customizable map images that provide geographical context, without complex client-side rendering. Display delivery route on receipts, include location details in documents, or integrate maps into your digital experiences.

Analyze and visualize data

Overlay your data onto high-quality maps to uncover transformative spatial patterns and trends. Empower your teams to create customizable, interactive map visualizations with your geographic data. Use maps and your data to optimize site selection, plan infrastructure, or analyze market opportunities.

Enhance real estate experiences

Provide prospective buyers with comprehensive location context for real estate listings. Display the property's exact location, as well as surrounding neighborhood details like jurisdictional boundaries, local businesses, parks, and schools. Help customers find directions to your open houses. Create informative, location-centric real estate experiences that engage and inform your clients.

Build engaging travel experiences

Display dynamic maps showcasing destinations, with detailed street views and key geographical features. Highlight hotels, restaurants, and other points of interest for tourists and travelers. Plot outdoor amenities, like hiking trails, to help users plan their ideal itinerary.

Use maps to support disaster response efforts

Timely and accurate location information is critical during crises. Use mapping capabilities to build websites and applications that provide essential context to communities during pending disasters like fires, hurricanes, and floods. Display dynamic maps showcasing evacuation routes, safe shelters, road closures, and traffic congestion to help empower communities to quickly assess the situation and make informed decisions.

Standalone Map APIs

API Name

Short Description

Resources

GetStyleDescriptor

Retrieves the available map styles, such as standard, monochrome, hybrid, and satellite, that can be applied to maps.

AWS map styles and customization

GetTile

Fetches individual map tiles based on a specified style and zoom level, allowing for the rendering of maps at various levels of detail.

Tiles

GetStaticMap

Generates a static map image based on specific coordinates and parameters, useful for embedding maps in reports or emails.

Static maps

Displaying Map

Topic

Short Description

Resources

Styling Dynamic Map

Amazon Location Service provides two options for styling your dynamic maps namely using predesigned AWS Map Styles and customizing map style using style descriptors.

Style dynamic maps

Standard map style

Monochrome map style

Hybrid map style

Rendering Dynamic Map

Amazon Location Service recommends rendering maps using the MapLibre rendering engine. MapLibre is an engine for displaying maps in web or mobile applications.

Map Rendering SDK by language

Customizing Static Map

How to customize static maps generated using Amazon Location Service.

Customize static maps

Overlaying Static Map

Overlay on your static maps to enhance the map's visual representation.

Overlay on the static map