# Configuring the position of LoRaWAN gateways
When you add your gateway to AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN, you can specify the static position data. If you've activated Amazon Location Service maps, the position data is displayed on an Amazon Location map.
**Note**
The third-party solvers can't be used with LoRaWAN gateways. For gateways, you can still specify the static position coordinates. When solvers aren't used to compute the position, such as in the case of gateways, the accuracy information will be reported as `0.0`.
You can configure the gateway position using the AWS Management Console, the AWS IoT Wireless API, or the AWS CLI.
## Configuring position of your gateway using the console
To configure the position of your gateway resources by using the AWS Management Console, first sign in to the console and then go to the [https://console.aws.amazon.com/iot/home#/wireless/gateways](https://console.aws.amazon.com/iot/home#/wireless/gateways) hub page of the AWS IoT console.
**Add position information**
To add a position configuration for your gateway
1. In the **Gateways** hub page, choose **Add gateway**.
1. Enter the gateway's EUI, frequency band (RFRegion), and any additional gateway details and LoRaWAN configuration information. For more information, see [Add a gateway using the console](lorawan-onboard-gateway-add.md#lorawan-onboard-gateway-console).
1. Go to the **Position information - Optional** section, and enter the position information for your gateway using the latitude and longitude coordinates, and an optional altitude coordinate. The position information is based on the WGS84 coordinate system.
**View gateway's position**
After you've configured your gateway's position, AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN creates an Amazon Location map called `iotwireless.map`. You can see this map in the details page of your gateway on the **Position** tab. Based on the position coordinates that you specified, the position of your gateway will be displayed as a marker on the map. You can zoom in or zoom out to clearly view the position of your gateway on the map. On the **Position** tab, you'll also see the accuracy information and the timestamp at which your gateway's position was determined.
**Note**
If you don't have Amazon Location Service maps installed, you'll see a message indicating that you must use Amazon Location Service to access the map and view the gateway position. Using Amazon Location Service maps may incur additional charges to your AWS account. For more information, see [AWS IoT Core pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/iot-core/pricing/).
The map, `iotwireless.map`, acts as a source of map data which is accessed using `Get` API operations, such as [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/location-maps/latest/APIReference/API_GetMapTile.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/location-maps/latest/APIReference/API_GetMapTile.html). For information about `Get` APIs used with maps, see [Amazon Location Service API reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/location-maps/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html).
To get additional details about this map, go to the Amazon Location Service console, choose **maps**, and then choose [iotwireless.map](https://console.aws.amazon.com/location/maps/home#/describe/iotwireless.map). For more information, see [Maps](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/location/latest/developerguide/map-concepts.html) in the *Amazon Location Service developer guide*.
**Update gateway's position configuration**
To change the gateway's position configuration, in the gateway details page, choose **Edit** and then update the position information and the destination.
**Note**
Information about historical position data isn't available. When you update the gateway's position coordinates, it overwrites the previously reported position data. After you've updated the position, in the **Position** tab of the gateway details, you'll see the new position information. The change in timestamp indicates that it corresponds to the last known position of the gateway.
## Configure position of your gateway using the API
You can specify the position information and configure the gateway position using the AWS IoT Wireless API or the AWS CLI.
**Important**
The API actions [ UpdatePosition](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot-wireless/latest/apireference/API_UpdatePosition.html), [GetPosition](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot-wireless/latest/apireference/API_GetPosition.html), [PutPositionConfiguration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot-wireless/latest/apireference/API_PutPositionConfiguration.html), [GetPositionConfiguration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot-wireless/latest/apireference/API_GetPositionConfiguration.html), and [ListPositionConfigurations](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot-wireless/latest/apireference/API_ListPositionConfigurations.html) are no longer supported. Calls to update and retrieve the position information should use the [GetResourcePosition](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot-wireless/latest/apireference/API_GetResourcePosition.html) and [UpdateResourcePosition](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot-wireless/latest/apireference/API_UpdateResourcePosition.html) API operations instead.
### Add position information
To add the static position information for a given wireless gateway, specify the coordinates using the [UpdateResourcePosition](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot-wireless/latest/apireference/API_UpdateResourcePosition.html) API operation or the [update-resource-position](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/iotwireless/update-resource-position.html) CLI command. Specify `WirelessGateway` as the `ResourceType`, the ID of the wireless gateway to be updated as the `ResourceIdentifier`, and the position information as a GeoJSON payload.
```
aws iotwireless update-resource-position \
--resource-type WirelessGateway \
--resource-id "12345678-a1b2-3c45-67d8-e90fa1b2c34d" \
--cli-input-json file://gatewayposition.json
```
The following shows the contents of the `gatewayposition.json` file.
**Contents of gatewayposition.json**
```
{
"type": "Point",
"coordinates": [33.3318, -22.2155, 13.123],
"properties": {
"timestamp": "2018-11-30T18:35:24Z"
}
}
```
Running this command doesn't produce any output. To see the position information that you specified, use the `GetResourcePosition` API operation.
### Get position information
To get the position information for a given wireless gateway, use the [ GetResourcePosition](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot-wireless/latest/apireference/API_GetResourcePosition.html) API operation or the [get-resource-position](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/iotwireless/get-position.html) CLI command. Specify `WirelessGateway` as the `resourceType` and provide the ID of the wireless gateway as the `resourceIdentifier`.
```
aws iotwireless get-resource-position \
--resource-type WirelessGateway \
--resource-id "12345678-a1b2-3c45-67d8-e90fa1b2c34d"
```
Running this command displays the position information of your wireless gateway as a GeoJSON payload. You'll see information about the position coordinates, the type of position information, and additional properties, such as the timestamp which corresponds to the last known position of the gateway.
```
{
{
"type": "Point",
"coordinates": [33.3318,-22.2155,13.123],
"properties": {
"timestamp": "2018-11-30T18:35:24Z"
}
}
}
```