Geospatial Services

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location
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Definition

Location-based cloud services that provide mapping, geocoding, routing, and spatial analytics for applications.

Real-World Example

Geospatial Services help ride-sharing apps calculate optimal routes and delivery apps track package locations in real-time.

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Cloud Provider Equivalencies

All provide APIs for maps, geocoding, routing, and geofencing. AWS Amazon Location Service and Azure Maps are cloud-native services integrated with their respective IAM, logging, and networking. Google Maps Platform is Google’s mapping API suite (commonly used with GCP workloads but billed/managed as Maps Platform). OCI does not have a single first-party, general-purpose mapping/geocoding platform equivalent; OCI users typically integrate third-party providers.

AWS
Amazon Location Service
AZ
Azure Maps
GCP
Google Maps Platform

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