AWS location documentation change
Summary
Added documentation for new 'Jobs' feature and address validation, with minor text updates for consistency.
Security assessment
The changes introduce new functionality (Jobs and address validation) without any mention of security vulnerabilities, incidents, or security features. Address validation may improve data accuracy but is not presented as a security fix or feature.
Diff
diff --git a/location/latest/developerguide/features.md b/location/latest/developerguide/features.md index 45da8d2f4..f5b7a2193 100644 --- a//location/latest/developerguide/features.md +++ b//location/latest/developerguide/features.md @@ -9 +9 @@ -Amazon Location offers a comprehensive set of features to enhance your location-based applications and services. This page provides an overview of the key capabilities available, including Maps, Places, Routes, and Geofences and Trackers. Leveraging these features, you can build rich, location-aware experiences tailored to your specific use cases, whether it's delivering real-time location intelligence, enabling location-based services, or optimizing logistics and transportation operations. +Amazon Location offers a comprehensive set of features to enhance your location-based applications and services. This page provides an overview of the key capabilities available, including Maps, Places, Routes, Geofences and Trackers, and Jobs. Leveraging these features, you can build rich, location-aware experiences tailored to your specific use cases, whether it's delivering real-time location intelligence, enabling location-based services, or optimizing logistics and transportation operations. @@ -18 +18 @@ Amazon Location Service Maps lets you visualize location information and is the -Dynamic Maps allow you to create interactive maps using map tiles, with the option to use pre-built map styles such as standard, monochrome, hybrid, and satellite. You can stitch the Dynamic Maps content (Tiles, Styles, Glyphs, and Sprites) together using a map rendering engine, such as MapLibre. +Dynamic maps allow you to create interactive maps using map tiles, with the option to use pre-built map styles such as standard, monochrome, hybrid, and satellite. You can stitch the dynamic maps content (tiles, styles, glyphs, and sprites) together using a map rendering engine, such as MapLibre. @@ -20 +20 @@ Dynamic Maps allow you to create interactive maps using map tiles, with the opti -Static Maps allow you to create pre-rendered, non-interactive map images that display a fixed geographical area to be embedded in applications without complex renderers. +Static maps allow you to create pre-rendered, non-interactive map images that display a fixed geographical area to be embedded in applications without complex renderers. @@ -33 +33,3 @@ Amazon Location Service Places lets you integrate search and geocode functionali - * Use autocomplete or suggestions to autofill or predict an address or place based on user input. You can also use Get Place to get place details by place ID. + * Use autocomplete or suggestions to autofill or predict an address or place based on user input. You can also use `GetPlace` to get place details by place ID. + + * Use address validation to verify and standardize addresses using free-form address lines or structured address components. Address validation is currently supported through Amazon Location Service Jobs for performing bulk processing on large datasets. For more information, see [Address validation](./places-address-validation.html). @@ -73,0 +76,7 @@ For more information, see [Amazon Location Service trackers](./trackers.html). +**Jobs** + + +Amazon Location Service Jobs lets you perform asynchronous bulk processing for large-scale location data operations. Currently, Jobs supports the bulk address validation operation, enabling you to process thousands of addresses in a single job operation. Jobs integrate seamlessly with Amazon S3 for input and output data storage, using [Apache Parquet](https://parquet.apache.org/docs/overview/) format for optimal performance. + +For more information, see [Amazon Location Jobs](./jobs.html). +