Frequently Asked Questions

To access Geoportal base maps and data, click on the access button Maps at the top left of the screen (to the right of the main menu).

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Limitation of responsibility: :

Except for aquaculture specific information, namely areas allocated for this activity, other data disseminated on the Geoportal is provided only as an indication.

The accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of this data cannot, under any circumstances, hold National Aquaculture Development Agency (ANDA) responsible.

For official information on this data, please refer to the relevant authorities or their specialized publications.

The Geoportal allows you to consult the following layers of information :

• Allocated zones to aquaculture (surrounded by circles): these are areas housing active aquaculture farms, aquaculture farm projects not yet active and free parcels dedicated to aquaculture.
• Active aquaculture farms: these are operational aquaculture farms located along the national coastline on sea and on land.
• Aquaculture farm projects: these are licensed aquaculture farms or under authorization and farms being installed on sea.
• Free parcels: these are areas not yet assigned to aquaculture projects on sea. These parcels are defined by regional aquaculture development plans carried out by the National Aquaculture Development Agency.
• Landing infrastructures : these are ports, fishermen villages and developed landing points that can constitute attachment points for aquaculture farms on sea.
• Fisheries and Aquaculture Administrations : these are the main administrations concerned by aquaculture activity in Morocco, namely: the National Aquaculture Development Agency, the National Fisheries Research Institute and the Maritime Fisheries Delegations.
• Administrative division: this division represents the Regions, Provinces / Prefectures and municipalities of the Kingdom.

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The proposed base maps are as follows:

• A satellite map.
• A "Plan" map.

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To choose the base map on which the data will be displayed:

1. Click on the access button (maps) Maps at the top left of the screen (at the right of the main menu);
2. Click on «Base maps » ;
3. Activate the chosen base map

N.B: the Geoportal offers the possibility of a mixed display of the "Satellite" and "Plan" base maps. In this case, you can change the transparency by clicking on the image relative to the "Plan" base map.

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In order to display the maps legend:

1. Click on the access button (maps) Maps at the top left of the screen (at the right of the main menu);
2. Scroll through the drop-down list of information layers to view the legend for each layer.

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1. Click on the access button (maps) Maps at the top left of the screen (at the right of the main menu);
2. Click on the dark blue icon in the toolbar below each layer;
3. Display or hide the layer.

NB: the layers relating to landing infrastructures, Fisheries and Aquaculture administrations as well as administrative division (Provinces and Municipalities) are not displayed by default. Follow the steps specified in point Q6 to show and hide them according to your need.

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Click on the access button (maps) Maps at the top left of the screen (at the right of the main menu);

1. Click on the dark blue icon in the toolbar below each layer.

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1. Click on the access button (maps) Maps at the top left of the screen (at the right of the main menu);
2. Click on the dark blue icon in the toolbar below each layer;
3. Change the transparency.

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1. Click on the access button (maps) Maps at the top left of the screen (at the right of the main menu);
2. Click on the dark blue toolbar icon in the toolbar below each layer: a list of the geographical features of the layer is displayed (a table composed of rows and columns is then displayed). Each column indicates a specific type of data, such as a number or a text;
3. Click on the feature of your interest to display it on the map.

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The Geoportal offers you the possibility to locate aquaculture spaces on sea in the administrative territory that interests you (Region, Province or Municipality), according to the type of farming and the state of occupancy (active farms, aquaculture farm projects or free spaces).

1. Click on the button “locate aquaculture spaces on sea” on the menu on the left side of the screen;
2. Select the "occupancy status", "type of farming" and "administrative territory" on the interface on the right side of the screen;
3. Visualize the displayed result on the map;
4. To exit click on «Clear " button to erase the result.

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1. Click on “Calculate an itinerary” button on the menu at the left side of the screen;
2. Pick the starting location from the map on the interface displayed on the right side of the screen or fill in the Start Address that you want;
3. Pick the destination from the map or fill in the destination address you want;
4. Select the preferred mode (Driving, Walking or as the crow flies mode);
5. Visualize the result on the map;
6. Click on “Road Map” button to display the itinerary details;
7. Click on “Nearby Services" button to visualize the nearby services;
8. Click on the “Clear” button alongside the “itinerary" button to clear the result.

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The services available are ports, fishermen villages, developed landing points, industrial areas, airports, gas stations, hotels and hospitals.

Only services that are located in a 500m radius of the chosen itinerary are displayed.

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The information obtained is used as an indication. The calculated itinerary does not take into account the state of road traffic, ongoing road construction, etc.

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All necessary tools are deployed to make sure that the user of the Geoportal gets the most reliable and recent data. However, the National Aquaculture Development Agency will not be held responsible for the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of the data.

If you notice any error or omission in the shared content, do not hesitate to report it via the contact form.

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The GEOPORTAL puts at your disposal drawing tools to let you customize your maps. You can as well:

• Add geographical features ( Point, line, circle, rectangle or hexagon);
• Add a text;
• Modify the appearance of features:

1. Click on the button « Annotate the map » on the menu on the left of the screen;
2. Click on the functionality icons Modifier géometrie de l'entitéTransformer la géometrie de l'entitéModifier l'apparence de l'entitéModifier le texteZoomer sur l'entitéSupprimer l'entité on the interface displayed on the right of the screen.

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You can add your own information and visualize it on the map via the "Display of coordinates" and "Data import" tools:

• You can add coordinates to the map or import them as an Excel file. The format of the Excel file of the coordinates to import must be compatible with the format below:

For the point features :

For the linear features :

For « polygon » type features :

• You can import Geojson, GPX, TopoJson, KML and IGC type files.

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1. Click on the icon on the toolbar ;
2. Click on the map and draw the rectangle in the area you wish to zoom in.

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1. Cliquez sur l’icône in the toolbar ;
2. Add a title to your map, insert a comment if necessary, choose the data you wish to display on the map (scale, grid, north arrow and legend) ;
3. Click on “print” to print the map or “save” to save the map. After a few seconds, a new PDF file page will be automatically opened.

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1. Click the button INFOS on the toolbar ;
2. Click on the selected feature(s) on the map to display the related data ;
3. The related data for each feature will be displayed in a tooltip;
4. Click on the map to remove the tooltip.

Note: If you click on two or more overlapping geographical features, the tooltip will list data for all the features you clicked. The default view is a multi-page list. The icon , enables you to switch between the different features selected.

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Click on the icon on the toolbar to get a surface or distance measurement.

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Click the icon on the toolbar in the upper right corner of the screen. To return to normal mode, click back on the same icon.

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Some data is displayed only within a specific range and a restricted area: Make sure that the selected data can be displayed at your current viewing scale.

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1. First of all, close your browser and restart the Geoportal ;
2. If the problem persists, please report the bugs and recurrent problems to geoportail@anda.gov.ma.

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The used projection is Mercator EPSG:3857

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The Geoportal is administered by the National Aquaculture Development Agency.

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If only Geoportal contents are included in the screenshot or printout, the following reuses are allowed:

• Documentary use (for the purpose of illustrating a document of a professional or scientific nature or for publication on an electronic or web medium) without any profit-making purpose, and not seeking to valorize or promote the document in question. Any use must mention the source and the date;
• Printing for a use that does not provide any direct or indirect economic advantages.

For any other use, we invite you to contact us.

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