Additional features
This section provides an overview of additional features supported by the Place APIs.
These features provide additional location information by including requested details
such as contact information, accessibility, and phonemes. You need to request additional
feature by adding AdditionalFeatures: [ <Value1>, <Value 2>, ..] in
your request payload.
Note
Review Places pricing for additional information about cost.
| Valid Values | Geocode | Reverse Geocode | Autocomplete | Get Place | Search Text | Search Nearby | Suggest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core | Default | Default | Yes | Default | Default | Default | Yes |
| Time Zone | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Phonemes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Contacts | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Opening Hours | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Access Points | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Secondary Addresses | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Intersections | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
To use these additional features, set the additionalFeatures parameter in
the Place API requests. Refer to the Amazon Location Service API documentation for details.
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For additional information on Time Zone and Phonemes, see Localization and internationalization.
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For additional information on Contacts and Opening Hours, see Contacts and opening hours.
Definitions
- Time Zone
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Displays the time zone of a given place.
- Phonemes
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Offers phonetic representations for place names, aiding pronunciation.
- Contacts
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Provides contact details such as phone numbers and email addresses for places.
- Opening Hours
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An indicator of whether a location is currently open, based on the local time. This information is helpful for users looking for businesses that are open at the time of their query.
- Access Points
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Includes access point information, such as entrances
- Secondary addresses
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Includes all secondary addresses that are under a main address.
- Intersections
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Includes nearby intersections.
