How to reverse geocode with a political view - Amazon Location Service
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How to reverse geocode with a political view

The Amazon Location Service allows you to specify a political view to ensure your application aligns with local regulations. This feature is useful when geocoding locations in disputed areas where place names or borders may vary depending on the political view.

Potential Use Cases

Adhere to local policies: Ensure that place names and borders comply with legal requirements of the selected political view.

Examples

Sample Request
{
    "QueryPosition": [
        33.95876,
        45.46824
    ],
    "PoliticalView": "RUS"
}
Sample Response
{
    "ResultItems": [
        {
            "PlaceId": "<Redacted>",
            "PlaceType": "Locality",
            "Title": "Первомайский район, Южный федеральный округ, Россия",
            "Address": {
                "Label": "Первомайский район, Южный федеральный округ, Россия",
                "Country": {
                    "Code2": "RU",
                    "Code3": "RUS",
                    "Name": "Россия"
                },
                "Region": {
                    "Name": "Южный федеральный округ"
                },
                "SubRegion": {
                    "Name": "Республика Крым"
                },
                "Locality": "Первомайский район"
            },
            "Position": [
                33.85939,
                45.7142
            ],
            "Distance": 0,
            "MapView": [
                33.52692,
                45.34303,
                34.12277,
                45.80953
            ],
            "PoliticalView": "RUS"
        }
    ]
}
cURL
curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://places.geo.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/v2/reverse-geocode?key=Your_Key' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "QueryPosition": [
        33.95876,
        45.46824
    ],
    "PoliticalView": "RUS"
}'
AWS CLI
aws geo-places reverse-geocode --key ${YourKey} --query-position 33.95876 45.46824 --political-view "RUS"