Getting Started with Amazon SageMaker geospatial capabilities

This guide demonstrates how to complete the necessary steps to satisfy the prerequisites for using SageMaker geospatial capabilities.

To use SageMaker geospatial capabilities you need to have an AWS account. If you already have an AWS account, skip this step.

Sign up for an AWS account

If you do not have an AWS account, complete the following steps to create one.

To sign up for an AWS account

1. Open https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup.

2. Follow the online instructions.

   Part of the sign-up procedure involves receiving a phone call and entering a verification code on the phone keypad.

   When you sign up for an AWS account, an AWS account root user is created. The root user has access to all AWS services and resources in the account. As a security best practice, assign administrative access to an administrative user, and use only the root user to perform tasks that require root user access.

AWS sends you a confirmation email after the sign-up process is complete. At any time, you can view your current account activity and manage your account by going to https://aws.amazon.com/ and choosing My Account.

Create an administrative user

After you sign up for an AWS account, create an administrative user so that you don't use the root user for everyday tasks.

Secure your AWS account root user

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console as the account owner by choosing Root user and entering your AWS account email address. On the next page, enter your password.

   For help signing in by using root user, see Signing in as the root user in the AWS Sign-In User Guide.

2. Turn on multi-factor authentication (MFA) for your root user.

   For instructions, see Enable a virtual MFA device for your AWS account root user (console) in the IAM User Guide.

Create an administrative user

• For your daily administrative tasks, grant administrative access to an administrative user in AWS IAM Identity Center (successor to AWS Single Sign-On).

  For instructions, see Getting started in the AWS IAM Identity Center (successor to AWS Single Sign-On) User Guide.

Sign in as the administrative user

• To sign in with your IAM Identity Center user, use the sign-in URL that was sent to your email address when you created the IAM Identity Center user.

  For help signing in using an IAM Identity Center user, see Signing in to the AWS access portal in the AWS Sign-In User Guide.

Create an execution role and trust policy

As a managed service, Amazon SageMaker geospatial capabilities perform operations on your behalf on the AWS hardware that is managed by SageMaker. It can perform only operations that the user permits. To work with SageMaker geospatial capabilities you need to setup a user role and an execution role. See Amazon SageMaker geospatial capabilities roles to learn more.

Setup the SageMaker geospatial UI

See Onboard to Amazon SageMaker Domain, which provides you with steps to create a Domain, giving you access to Amazon SageMaker Studio and Amazon SageMaker geospatial capabilities.

To use the SageMaker geospatial UI:

Note

Currently, SageMaker geospatial capabilities are only supported in the US West (Oregon) Region for public preview. To view Amazon SageMaker geospatial capabilities, choose the name of the currently displayed Region in the navigation bar of the console. Then choose the US West (Oregon) Region.

Within the Studio UI, choose Geospatial under Data from the left navigation panel on the Home menu.

Shut down a SageMaker Studio notebook with a SageMaker geospatial image

When you are finished using SageMaker geospatial capabilities, we recommend that you shut down the instance it runs on to avoid incurring additional charges. For more information, see Shut Down Resources.