Category: Amazon Location

Amazon Location, announced in re:Invent 2020, is a service that lets you add location data to your applications including maps, points of interests, geocoding, and tracking. It provides cost-effective location-based service using high quality data from trusted providers – Esri and HERE. The service anonymizes all queries sent to data providers by removing customer metadata […]

The development of location-based services is increasing at a rapid rate, supporting use cases such as asset track and delivery services. In this blog, we’ll show you how to implement an estimated time of arrival or proximity notification using Amazon Location Service. An example of this would be delivery of building materials (e.g., lumber, copper […]

Location-based tracking applications have become very popular in recent years with the rise of ride-sharing companies and augmented reality “catch them all” style games. But personnel tracking in areas such as policing, ambulance, firefighting and other departments has been an integral part of the intelligence required for dispatching and public safety management for a long […]

This article was written by Seth Fitzsimmons, Principal Engineer, and Andrew Johnson, Senior Product Manager, Amazon Location Service A common use case for web development is to add a map to a webpage with a marker on a specific location, such as an office or retail location. Amazon Location is a great solution because it […]

This article was written by Fernando Rocha Silva and Panna Shetty Emergency management teams are constantly tackling one crisis after another, whether it is managing the COVID pandemic or battling raging wild fires across California. These frontline workers venture into dangerous situations to rescue those in need, potentially risking their own lives. Firefighters go above […]

This post was written by Shu Sia Lukito, Partner Solutions Architect On-line shopping is so common today it will be difficult to find anybody who doesn’t use it. Delivery is a crucial component of this model. E-commerce providers rely heavily on robust and reliable delivery systems. There is a single customer experience we want to […]