# LocationAction
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The Amazon Location rule action sends device location updates from an MQTT message to an Amazon Location tracker resource.

## Contents
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 ** deviceId **   <a name="iot-Type-LocationAction-deviceId"></a>
The unique ID of the device providing the location data.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** latitude **   <a name="iot-Type-LocationAction-latitude"></a>
A string that evaluates to a double value that represents the latitude of the device's location.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** longitude **   <a name="iot-Type-LocationAction-longitude"></a>
A string that evaluates to a double value that represents the longitude of the device's location.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** roleArn **   <a name="iot-Type-LocationAction-roleArn"></a>
The IAM role that grants permission to write to the Amazon Location resource.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** trackerName **   <a name="iot-Type-LocationAction-trackerName"></a>
The name of the tracker resource in Amazon Location in which the location is updated.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** timestamp **   <a name="iot-Type-LocationAction-timestamp"></a>
The time that the location data was sampled. The default value is the time the MQTT message was processed.  
Type: [LocationTimestamp](API_LocationTimestamp.md) object  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/iot-2015-05-28/LocationAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/iot-2015-05-28/LocationAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/iot-2015-05-28/LocationAction)