9. Zones file

Here, you can import any ecological zonation or administrative boundaries to extract spatial statistics out of the CIMPAL analysis. This data needs to be uploaded in your dashboard as a polygon shapefile.

The input file(s) must be in .shp format that represent the spatial layer(s) for aggregating results at different scales or criteria (e.g., MSFD marine regions, countries, EEZ, EEA 10*10 km grid, any other resolution grid, or even the habitat categories used in previous steps (after some change to the input file – see below!).

The zone shapefile must be in LAEA (EPSG:3035), and it must also contain a numeric field named "id_habitat" identifying each zone (unique zone code 1 to n). To upload this file into the platform you must first convert it to a .zip file.

After the upload is complete, you must select the file before advancing to the next step. Dummy testing data is also available (zones.zip).