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.

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Filter Type	Geocode	Reverse Geocode	Autocomplete	Get Place	Search Text	Search Nearby	Suggest
Label	Default	Default	Default	Default	Default	Default	Default
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

To use these additional features, set the `additionalFeatures` parameter in the Place API requests. Refer to the Amazon Location Service API documentation for details.

For additional information on Time Zone and Phonemes, see Localization and internationalization.

For additional information on Contacts and Opening Hours, see Contacts and opening hours.

Definitions

Time Zone

Displays the time zone of a given place.

Phonemes

Offers phonetic representations for place names, aiding pronunciation.

Contacts

Provides contact details such as phone numbers and email addresses for places.

Opening Hours

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

Includes access point information, such as entrances.