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AWS location documentation change

Service: location · 2026-07-01 · Documentation low

File: location/latest/developerguide/data-quality.md

Summary

Added documentation for Address Validation data category definitions and coverage tables

Security assessment

Changes introduce new data quality categories for address validation feature without mentioning security vulnerabilities, threats, or protective measures. The additions are routine feature documentation about data coverage standards.

Diff

diff --git a/location/latest/developerguide/data-quality.md b/location/latest/developerguide/data-quality.md
index 594e1b9e0..5816cee66 100644
--- a//location/latest/developerguide/data-quality.md
+++ b//location/latest/developerguide/data-quality.md
@@ -7 +7 @@
-Maps Data Category DefinitionsPlace Address Data Category DefinitionsPlace Points-of-Interest (POI) Data Category DefinitionsRouting Data Category DefinitionsMaps, Routes and Places : General CoverageMaps: TrafficRoutes: Travel ModesPlaces: Secondary Address
+Maps Data Category DefinitionsPlace Address Data Category DefinitionsPlace Points-of-Interest (POI) Data Category DefinitionsRouting Data Category DefinitionsAddress Validation Data Category DefinitionsMaps, Routes and Places : General CoverageMaps: TrafficRoutes: Travel ModesPlaces: Secondary AddressAddress Validation: Coverage
@@ -11 +11 @@ Maps Data Category DefinitionsPlace Address Data Category DefinitionsPlace Point
-Amazon Location Service has extensive global coverage of map data. All Amazon Location Map data quality is categorized as Comprehensive, Good, or Fair per country. Map data is categorized separately for Routing, Place Addresses, and Place Points-of-Interest (POI) data.
+Amazon Location Service has extensive global coverage of map data. All Amazon Location Map data quality is categorized as Comprehensive, Good, or Fair per country. Map data is categorized separately for Routing, Place Addresses, Place Points-of-Interest (POI), and Address Validation data.
@@ -64,0 +65,13 @@ Amazon Location Service has extensive global coverage of map data. All Amazon Lo
+## Address Validation Data Category Definitions
+
+  * **Comprehensive** \- Complete coverage of nearly all addresses within a country, with standardization and verification against postal authority reference data.
+
+  * **Unsupported** \- No support for data within a country.
+
+
+
+
+###### Note
+
+Address Validation data is separate from Place Address and POI data.
+
@@ -709,0 +723,9 @@ United States |  USA |  US |  Parsed and inferred
+## Address Validation: Coverage
+
+Country/Area | ISO A3 | ISO A2 | Address Coverage | Position Coverage  
+---|---|---|---|---  
+Australia |  AUS |  AU |  Comprehensive |  Comprehensive  
+Canada |  CAN |  CA |  Comprehensive |  Comprehensive  
+United Kingdom |  GBR |  GB |  Comprehensive |  Unsupported  
+United States |  USA |  US |  Comprehensive |  Comprehensive  
+