Adding regions

Area definition

There are two main methods for defining regions for your analysis:

Method 1: Click the Upload file option. This feature allows you to import regions using one of the supported file formats:

.GeoJSON
.TopoJSON
.SHP (all files should be provided in a single zip archive)
.KML
.KMZ

Map view of San Francisco showing multiple colored polygon regions of varying sizes overlaid on different neighborhoods and districts across the city — Results of importing a shapefile containing San Francisco regions

Method 2: The second method is using the Draw regions option, which uses the following tools:

Circle: This tool allows you to draw circular areas by selecting the center and then increasing the radius.
Rectangle: This tool allows you to draw rectangular areas.
Polygon: This tool allows you to draw polygonal areas.
Shape painter: This tool allows you to draw custom shapes that will be converted into areas.
Grid: This tool allows you to create a grid of connected square or hexagonal areas with a customizable cell side length from 0.50 km to 10 km.
Administrative area: This tool allows you to select the administrative areas (e.g., neighborhoods, districts or cities) available in the TomTom map.

Map with circular region being drawn — Circle drawing tool

Map with multiple rectangular regions being drawn — Rectangle drawing tool

Map with custom polygon region being drawn, showing multiple vertex points connected by lines forming irregular shapes — Polygon drawing tool

Map with freehand drawn regions showing irregular boundaries created by painting brush strokes on the map — Shape painter drawing tool

Map with uniform grid overlay showing multiple equal-sized hexagonal cells covering a defined area with cell size parameter displayed — Grid drawing tool

Map with administrative boundary selection interface showing hierarchical dropdown menu of country, state, city, and district options with clickable regions — Administrative Area selection

In addition to the individual methods described previously, you can combine these region types. For example, you can import pre-defined shapefiles or GeoJSON files and draw custom shapes at the same time.

Map displaying multiple region types simultaneously including circles, polygons, rectangles, grid cells, and administrative boundaries — All the drawing tools combined and used in the same report

The total region area (per analysis) is a maximum of 20,000 km², while the maximum number of regions (per analysis) is 600.

Information panel showing two limit indicators: total area counter displaying current usage out of 20000 square kilometers maximum, and region counter showing current count out of 600 regions maximum — O/D Analysis limits for a single report