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Step - Amazon Location Service

Step

Represents an element of a leg within a route. A step contains instructions for how to move to the next step in the leg.

Contents

Distance

The travel distance between the step's StartPosition and EndPosition.

Type: Double

Valid Range: Minimum value of 0.

Required: Yes

DurationSeconds

The estimated travel time, in seconds, from the step's StartPosition to the EndPosition. . The travel mode and departure time that you specify in the request determines the calculated time.

Type: Double

Valid Range: Minimum value of 0.

Required: Yes

EndPosition

The end position of a step. If the position the last step in the leg, this position is the same as the end position of the leg.

Type: Array of doubles

Array Members: Fixed number of 2 items.

Required: Yes

StartPosition

The starting position of a step. If the position is the first step in the leg, this position is the same as the start position of the leg.

Type: Array of doubles

Array Members: Fixed number of 2 items.

Required: Yes

GeometryOffset

Represents the start position, or index, in a sequence of steps within the leg's line string geometry. For example, the index of the first step in a leg geometry is 0.

Included in the response for queries that set IncludeLegGeometry to True.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 0.

Required: No

See Also

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

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