Amazon Location Service

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Post by jeffbarr » Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 4:39 PM UTC

Amazon Location Service
aws.amazon.com

Re: Amazon Location Service

#2

Post by object_Object » Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 4:58 PM UTC

What OSS has AWS cannibalised and stuck an API on to put this out? Doesn't seem obvious from the post.

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#3

Post by geuis » Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 5:02 PM UTC

Pricing here: https://aws.amazon.com/location/pricing/

Scroll down to see it.

No idea why Amazon always hides their service pricing on completely different pages.

Re: Amazon Location Service

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Post by oblio » Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 5:04 PM UTC

object_Object wrote: post #2

What OSS has AWS cannibalised and stuck an API on to put this out? Doesn't seem obvious from the post.

> Maps – Amazon Location Service lets you create maps that make use of data from our partners. You can choose between maps and map styles provided by Esri and by HERE Technologies, with the potential for more maps & more styles from these and other partners in the future.

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Post by ilyas121 » Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 5:07 PM UTC

Can I get satellite images? Only thing holding me back from switching completely from GCP to AWS for a couple projects.

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Post by x0x0 » Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 5:09 PM UTC

object_Object wrote: post #2

What OSS has AWS cannibalised and stuck an API on to put this out? Doesn't seem obvious from the post.

maybe mapbox?

Re: Amazon Location Service

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Post by revel » Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 5:12 PM UTC

object_Object wrote: post #2

What OSS has AWS cannibalised and stuck an API on to put this out? Doesn't seem obvious from the post.

Amazon has dropped a ton of cash into maps. They won't use google for.. reasons, and there's a pretty limited selection of providers, including OSS offerings. A lot of this data has probably been enriched by the logistics arm.

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Post by harrisonjackson » Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 5:13 PM UTC

I wonder if this is related to the recent shift of mapbox away from OSS. Was on page 1 in the last week.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25347310

Re: Amazon Location Service

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Post by ZeroCool2u » Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 5:14 PM UTC

Honestly, I'm surprised that Amazon hasn't done this sooner. Google and to a lesser extent Apple both have a huge lead in this space. Amazon is one of the few companies that can afford the massive capital cost to create this kind of service.

I am curious about the quality though. It seems like they're just reselling from 3rd party data providers. Hopefully, we see this forcing price cuts to Google's Maps API at some point, but I think it will be a while until they reach parity in data quality.

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Post by Zaheer » Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 5:20 PM UTC

This is great but I really hope they get into the more popular uses like IP to location, autocomplete, etc APIs. There’s tons of small providers and some big ones out there that do this but it seems like an easy add for Amazon to do.