2025/10/17 - Amazon Location Service Maps V2 - 1 updated api methods
Changes Added support for optional style parameters in maps, including Terrain, ContourDensity, Traffic, and TravelModes.
{'ContourDensity': 'Medium', 'Terrain': 'Hillshade', 'Traffic': 'All', 'TravelModes': ['Transit | Truck']}
GetStyleDescriptor returns information about the style.
For more information, see Style dynamic maps in the Amazon Location Service Developer Guide.
See also: AWS API Documentation
Request Syntax
client.get_style_descriptor( Style='Standard'|'Monochrome'|'Hybrid'|'Satellite', ColorScheme='Light'|'Dark', PoliticalView='string', Terrain='Hillshade', ContourDensity='Medium', Traffic='All', TravelModes=[ 'Transit'|'Truck', ], Key='string' )
string
[REQUIRED]
Style specifies the desired map style.
string
Sets color tone for map such as dark and light for specific map styles. It applies to only vector map styles such as Standard and Monochrome.
Example: Light
Default value: Light
string
Specifies the political view using ISO 3166-2 or ISO 3166-3 country code format.
The following political views are currently supported:
ARG: Argentina's view on the Southern Patagonian Ice Field and Tierra Del Fuego, including the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, and South Sandwich Islands
EGY: Egypt's view on Bir Tawil
IND: India's view on Gilgit-Baltistan
KEN: Kenya's view on the Ilemi Triangle
MAR: Morocco's view on Western Sahara
RUS: Russia's view on Crimea
SDN: Sudan's view on the Halaib Triangle
SRB: Serbia's view on Kosovo, Vukovar, and Sarengrad Islands
SUR: Suriname's view on the Courantyne Headwaters and Lawa Headwaters
SYR: Syria's view on the Golan Heights
TUR: Turkey's view on Cyprus and Northern Cyprus
TZA: Tanzania's view on Lake Malawi
URY: Uruguay's view on Rincon de Artigas
VNM: Vietnam's view on the Paracel Islands and Spratly Islands
string
Adjusts how physical terrain details are rendered on the map.
The following terrain styles are currently supported:
Hillshade: Displays the physical terrain details through shading and highlighting of elevation change and geographic features.
This parameter is valid only for the Standard map style.
string
Displays the shape and steepness of terrain features using elevation lines. The density value controls how densely the available contour line information is rendered on the map.
This parameter is valid only for the Standard map style.
string
Displays real-time traffic information overlay on map, such as incident events and flow events.
This parameter is valid only for the Standard map style.
list
Renders additional map information relevant to selected travel modes. Information for multiple travel modes can be displayed simultaneously, although this increases the overall information density rendered on the map.
This parameter is valid only for the Standard map style.
(string) --
string
Optional: The API key to be used for authorization. Either an API key or valid SigV4 signature must be provided when making a request.
dict
Response Syntax
{ 'Blob': StreamingBody(), 'ContentType': 'string', 'CacheControl': 'string', 'ETag': 'string' }
Response Structure
(dict) --
Blob (:class:`.StreamingBody`) --
This Blob contains the body of the style descriptor which is in application/json format.
ContentType (string) --
Header that represents the format of the response. The response returns the following as the HTTP body.
CacheControl (string) --
Header that instructs caching configuration for the client.
ETag (string) --
The style descriptor's Etag.