Tag: HAQM Location Service

This blog post was written by Yasunori Kirimoto – CEO of MIERUNE Building geospatial applications requires expertise in handling geospatial data, as well as designing and developing systems. It also requires skills in collecting and managing vast amounts of geospatial data and using it effectively within the application. This process can be very labor intensive, […]

Geospatial applications have become an integral part of our daily lives, from interactive maps to location-based services. With the increasing demand for such applications, developers require powerful and secure tools to build reliable geospatial solutions. HAQM Web Services (AWS) has been at the forefront of providing cutting-edge services, and the recent launch of HAQM Location […]

Every day, trucks transport millions of tons of goods across the country, and the efficiency of their routing has a significant impact not only on logistics companies’ bottom line but also on the economy as a whole. Efficient truck routing is an essential component of the transportation and logistics industry, involving strategic planning of the […]

HAQM Location Service is a fully-managed service that makes it easy for you to add location data and functionality such as maps, search, and routing to your applications. With HAQM Location Service, you can access high-quality data from multiple data providers, giving you the flexibility to choose the provider with the best data for your […]

We’re excited to join the global cloud computing community virtually and in Las Vegas for AWS re:Invent, a learning conference for meeting fellow builders, getting inspired, and rethinking what’s possible. The event begins on November 28, 2022 and will feature keynote announcements, training and certification opportunities, access to more than 2,000 technical sessions, a partner […]

HAQM Location Service offers nine different map styles to fit multiple use cases. How do you pick the right base map style for your application? And how does the base map you pick influence the rest of your application? In this post, we review the different map styles available with HAQM Location maps, as well […]

Many companies serve their customers “in the field.” These are broadly: 1) companies that have a field service business function, e.g., for the repair of equipment that they sell to their customers, and 2) companies that have a route sales business function, e.g., a Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) company’s own or contract employees stocking the […]

This blog post was written by Erica Eaton – Software Development Engineer at AWS Amplify. Today’s release of AWS Amplify Geo for Android allows developers to quickly and easily add customizable maps with markers and location search to their Android applications. The location APIs are powered by HAQM Location Service and map rendering is from […]

HAQM Location Service provides a cost efficient way to plug in high-quality maps and add location functionalities in applications. It empowers customers to visualize, geocode, provide navigation routing, and create geofences across locations of interest. A geofence, sometimes known as an Area of Interest (AOI), is simply a polygon boundary representing an existing or custom-defined space, which […]

HAQM Location Service introduces Matrix Routing as a new feature to Routes that lets you calculate routes between one or more departure and destination positions. Matrix Routing will return the shortest time and distance between each departure and destination point in your Matrix. With HAQM Location Matrix Routing, you can specify additional routing parameters for […]