# Spatial Data Management on AWS
Solution overview

Spatial Data Management on AWS simplifies the complexity of managing spatial, 2D, and 3D data by providing a comprehensive solution to store, manage, and connect your spatial data with applications.

## What is Spatial Data Management on AWS?


Managing spatial data at scale presents significant challenges due to storage, compute, and security requirements. With costly data acquisition and creation, organizations need robust processes to track, integrate, and leverage spatial assets across use cases. Spatial Data Management on AWS provides a comprehensive solution to store, manage, and connect your spatial data as a single source of truth. Deploy the solution in your AWS account and use the pre-built client application to improve efficiency of your spatial workflows.

 **Topics** 
+  [Benefits](benefits.md) 
+  [Use cases](use-cases.md) 
+  [Architecture overview](architecture-overview.md) 
+  [Core Concepts](core-concepts.md) 
+  [Plan your deployment](plan-your-deployment.md) 
+  [Deploy the solution](deploy-the-solution.md) 

# Benefits


The solution addresses these challenges by providing:

## Centralized Data Management


Store all your spatial data in a single, secure, and highly available location powered by Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). Use the desktop client or APIs to upload, download, and manage files and folders, preserving the data structure.

## Automated Metadata Enrichment


Streamline the process of adding metadata to your spatial assets at scale. Automatically extract and apply relevant metadata tags, while providing users the ability to review, edit, and bulk-apply custom metadata using predefined templates. You can use file types of your choice. The solution provides enhanced support for metadata enrichment and previews for the following file types, but is designed to extend to new use cases: E57, LAZ, TIFF, GeoTIFF, JPEG, PNG, PLY, GLB, glTF, PDF, and TXT.

## Intelligent Data Discovery


Organize and access your spatial data using a flexible resource model that supports grouping and access control. Quickly search for assets and files based on system-defined or custom attributes, including geolocation tags. Leverage the map-based dashboard to visually locate and discover assets based on their physical geographic coordinates.

## Seamless Data Interoperability


Define connectors to integrate your spatial data stored in Amazon S3 with various applications, APIs, and data processing jobs. Trigger actions and workflows based on events associated with your spatial assets, ensuring seamless data exchange across your pipeline.

# Use cases


## Manufacturing and Industrial


In manufacturing environments, the solution helps teams manage factory floor scans, equipment inspection models, and as-built documentation. Quality assurance teams can track equipment models over time, while maintenance teams can quickly locate relevant documentation.

## Infrastructure and Construction


Construction projects benefit from centralized management of site surveys, Building Information Modeling (BIM) models, and progress tracking data. Project managers can monitor construction progress through temporal point cloud comparisons, while engineers can access detailed design models.

## Energy and Utilities


Utility companies use the solution to organize pipeline surveys, facility maintenance records, and asset inspection data. Field teams can access up-to-date infrastructure models, while compliance teams can track inspection history.

## Geospatial and Mapping


Mapping organizations leverage the solution to manage LiDAR data collections, photogrammetry projects, and survey datasets. Analysts can discover relevant datasets through geospatial and metadata-based search, while processing teams can automate data transformations.

## Media and Entertainment


Media production teams leverage the solution to manage 3D character models, motion capture data, virtual environments, and VFX elements throughout production and post-production. Centralized asset libraries enable version control, remove data duplication, and provide access control.

## Game Development


Game development studios use the solution to track character models, environment assets, animations, and physics data across development iterations and platform variations. Manage asset dependencies, level-of-detail versions, and DLC updates while maintaining complete version history from development through deployment.