Monthly Amazon Location Service Updates - 2022.01
Tags: amazonlocationservice, amplifygeo, amplify, amazonlocationserviceupdates
Published: 2022-02-01 11:21:04

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### Monthly Amazon Location Service Updates - 2022.01

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I've started to compile a list of updates for the Amazon Location Service. Since this is the first time, I'd like to introduce the updates for 2021.

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## 2021 Updates

[Amazon Location Service is now generally available](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/amazon-location-service-is-now-generally-available/)
The Amazon Location Service, a preview version, was officially released to the public in June 2021.

[Announcing General Availability of Amplify Geo for AWS Amplify](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/09/amplify-geo-aws-amplify/)
Amplify Geo, an easier way to build Amazon Location Service was officially released to the general public in September 2021.

[Amazon Location Service adds change detection to tracking](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/10/amazon-location-service-change-detection/)
Tracking now includes the ability to compare before and after location information and adopt only significant location changes.

[Amazon Location Service adds new capabilities to help customers better filter geographical search results](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/amazon-location-service-filter-geographical-search-results/)
Geocoding now includes filtering functions such as searching by closest location.

[Amazon Location adds Suggestion capability](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/12/amazon-location-suggestion-capability/)
The SuggestionsAPI has been added to geocoding to allow for autocomplete functionality.

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## 2022.01 Updates

[Amazon Location Service enables request-based pricing for all customer use cases](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/01/amazon-location-service-request-based-pricing/)
The scope of request-based pricing support has been increased.

[Announcing matrix routing for Amazon Location Service](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/01/amazon-location-matrix-routing/)
The Matrix Routing feature has been added to Routing to allow multiple routes to be searched with a single API request.

[Amplify Geo - Geofences](https://docs.amplify.aws/lib/geo/geofences/q/platform/js/)
Amplify Geo now includes Geofences in the preview version.

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## Other Info

[Amazon Location Service Developer Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/location/latest/developerguide)
Official Amazon Location Service Documentation.

[Amplify Geo Docs](https://docs.amplify.aws/lib/geo/getting-started/q/platform/js)
Official Amplify Geo Docs.

[Amazon Location Service Samples](https://github.com/aws-samples/amazon-location-samples)
Official Amazon Location Service samples.

[amazon-location-service-starter](https://github.com/dayjournal/amazon-location-service-starter)
Build environment to get started with Amazon Location Service.

[A Summary of How to Build Amplify Geo and Amazon Location Service](https://dev.to/aws-builders/a-summary-of-how-to-build-amplify-geo-and-amazon-location-service-5hal)
Summary of Amazon Location Service and Amplify Geo. (as of December 2021)  

[dev.to](https://dev.to/dayjournal)
Articles on Amazon Location Service.

[tags - Amazon Location Service](https://day-journal.com/memo/tags/Amazon-Location-Service)
[tags - Try](https://day-journal.com/memo/tags/Try)
Notes on Amazon Location Service. (Japanese)