Request Syntax URI Request Parameters Request Body Response Syntax Response Elements Errors See Also

CreateMap

Creates a map resource in your AWS account, which provides map tiles of different styles sourced from global location data providers.

Note

If your application is tracking or routing assets you use in your business, such as delivery vehicles or employees, you must not use Esri as your geolocation provider. See section 82 of the AWS service terms for more details.

Request Syntax


POST /maps/v0/maps HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "Configuration": { 
      "CustomLayers": [ "string" ],
      "PoliticalView": "string",
      "Style": "string"
   },
   "Description": "string",
   "MapName": "string",
   "PricingPlan": "string",
   "Tags": { 
      "string" : "string" 
   }
}

URI Request Parameters

The request does not use any URI parameters.

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

Configuration

Specifies the MapConfiguration, including the map style, for the map resource that you create. The map style defines the look of maps and the data provider for your map resource.

Type: MapConfiguration object

Required: Yes

Description

An optional description for the map resource.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 1000.

Required: No

MapName

The name for the map resource.

Requirements:

Must contain only alphanumeric characters (A–Z, a–z, 0–9), hyphens (-), periods (.), and underscores (_).
Must be a unique map resource name.
No spaces allowed. For example, ExampleMap.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.

Pattern: ^[-._\w]+$

Required: Yes

PricingPlan

This parameter has been deprecated.

No longer used. If included, the only allowed value is RequestBasedUsage.

Type: String

Valid Values: RequestBasedUsage | MobileAssetTracking | MobileAssetManagement

Required: No

Tags

Applies one or more tags to the map resource. A tag is a key-value pair helps manage, identify, search, and filter your resources by labelling them.

Format: "key" : "value"

Restrictions:

Maximum 50 tags per resource
Each resource tag must be unique with a maximum of one value.
Maximum key length: 128 Unicode characters in UTF-8
Maximum value length: 256 Unicode characters in UTF-8
Can use alphanumeric characters (A–Z, a–z, 0–9), and the following characters: + - = . _ : / @.
Cannot use "aws:" as a prefix for a key.

Type: String to string map

Map Entries: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 50 items.

Key Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Key Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z+-=._:/]+$

Value Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 256.

Value Pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9 _=@:.+-/]*$

Required: No

Response Syntax


HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "CreateTime": "string",
   "MapArn": "string",
   "MapName": "string"
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

CreateTime

The timestamp for when the map resource was created in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sssZ.

Type: Timestamp

MapArn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the map resource. Used to specify a resource across all AWS.

Format example: arn:aws:geo:region:account-id:map/ExampleMap

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 1600.

Pattern: ^arn(:[a-z0-9]+([.-][a-z0-9]+)*):geo(:([a-z0-9]+([.-][a-z0-9]+)*))(:[0-9]+):((\*)|([-a-z]+[/][*-._\w]+))$

MapName

The name of the map resource.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.

Pattern: ^[-._\w]+$

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AccessDeniedException

The request was denied because of insufficient access or permissions. Check with an administrator to verify your permissions.

HTTP Status Code: 403

ConflictException

The request was unsuccessful because of a conflict.

HTTP Status Code: 409

InternalServerException

The request has failed to process because of an unknown server error, exception, or failure.

HTTP Status Code: 500

ServiceQuotaExceededException

The operation was denied because the request would exceed the maximum quota set for Amazon Location Service.

HTTP Status Code: 402

ThrottlingException

The request was denied because of request throttling.

HTTP Status Code: 429

ValidationException

The input failed to meet the constraints specified by the AWS service.

HTTP Status Code: 400