Gain insights from historical location data using Amazon Location Service and AWS analytics services
Big Data Blog
This article discusses how to gain insights from historical location data of vehicles using Amazon Location Service, EventBridge, Lambda, Amazon Data Firehose, AWS Glue, and Amazon Athena. By tracking vehicle locations in real-time and storing the data, companies can derive valuable insights on how their assets are being utilized and plan for future changes.
Specifically, the article covers:
- An overview of the solution architecture involving various AWS services
- How to generate vehicle journey data manually or using a simulator
- Two approaches for building a location data pipeline using Lambda and Amazon Data Firehose
- How to crawl and catalog the location data using AWS Glue
- How to query the location data and gain insights using Amazon Athena's geospatial querying capabilities
- An example of estimating the impact of an Ultra-Low Emission Zone expansion based on historical vehicle movements
- Conclusion and steps for cleaning up the resources
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