Adding and editing your own areas of interest
You can draw and save your own custom areas using the measurement tools. Select the Area tool to add a default blue box to the centre of the map. This box acts as a starting shape that you can resize and reshape, which is accompanied by a new Measurement panel to the left of your screen.
Click and drag the corners of the box to change its shape and size.
Hover your mouse over any edge of your custom area to add a new vector by clicking the + icon that appears under your cursor. Drag the new vector points in any direction to create new and complex shapes.
As you create and adjust your custom shape, its total geographic area size will be dynamically calculated in the Measurement panel, according to your preferred units of measure.
Tip: Once your area is ready to be saved, copy and store the page URL so you can return to it later. This is useful for carefully drawn areas that you may want to keep a record of in case they are later edited (or deleted) by your colleagues.
Once you have completed your custom area, click Save area. A pop-up box appears, allowing you to name and describe your custom area and choose a colour. Click Save to finalise your new area.
Custom areas will be available to all users in the organisation or group that you created them from, and are immediately available for filtering and alerting.
You can apply your new area as a filter by searching for it in the Area filter. You can also apply it as a map layer, by searching for it in the Map Layers → Area layers menu, where you can then also Edit the layer.
You can edit the coordinates, name, description, and colour of any saved areas in your organisation or group.
The creation of an area, and any changes to that area, are shown on your organisation’s activity page.
Adding a temporary area for analysis using a .geojson or .kml
You can drag and drop .geojson and .kml files onto the map to add a temporary area of interest that is only visible to you.
The analysis will remain as you move around the map, select vessels and move through time but if you refresh or logout you will need to drag the .geojson or .kml back onto the map.
Try it out: Download the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning .geojson from the Australian Government data site and navigate to Australia's east coast on the Starboard map.