Amazon Location Service added server-side per-category and density-based Point of Interest (POI) filtering to its map styles via the GetStyleDescriptor API.

Key Details

• Developers can now use poi-categories and poi-density query parameters to filter POI categories and adjust POI density on maps.
• Filtering is configured server-side through the GetStyleDescriptor API with no client-side code required.
• Supported categories include Food & Drink, Transit, Accommodations, fuel, and sights.
• Supports web, mobile, and headless server-side renderers.
• Available in 14 AWS Regions including US East, US West, Europe, Asia Pacific, Canada, South America, and AWS GovCloud (US-West).

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