diff --git a/src/actions/index.js b/src/actions/index.js
index cad3fa1..c2f6041 100644
--- a/src/actions/index.js
+++ b/src/actions/index.js
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import { urlFromEnv } from '../js/utilities'
 
-const EVENT_DATA_URL = urlFromEnv('EVENT_EXT');
-const CATEGORY_URL = urlFromEnv('CATEGORY_EXT');
-const TAGS_URL = urlFromEnv('TAGS_EXT');
-const SOURCES_URL = urlFromEnv('SOURCES_EXT');
-const NARRATIVE_URL = urlFromEnv('NARRATIVE_EXT');
-const SITES_URL = urlFromEnv('SITES_EXT');
-const eventUrlMap = (event) => `${process.env.SERVER_ROOT}${process.env.EVENT_DESC_ROOT}/${(event.id) ? event.id : event}`;
+// TODO: relegate these URLs entirely to environment variables
+const EVENT_DATA_URL = urlFromEnv('EVENT_EXT')
+const CATEGORY_URL = urlFromEnv('CATEGORY_EXT')
+const TAGS_URL = urlFromEnv('TAGS_EXT')
+const SOURCES_URL = urlFromEnv('SOURCES_EXT')
+const NARRATIVE_URL = urlFromEnv('NARRATIVE_EXT')
+const SITES_URL = urlFromEnv('SITES_EXT')
+const SHAPES_URL = urlFromEnv('SHAPES_EXT')
+const eventUrlMap = (event) => `${process.env.SERVER_ROOT}${process.env.EVENT_DESC_ROOT}/${(event.id) ? event.id : event}`
 
 const domainMsg = (domainType) => `Something went wrong fetching ${domainType}. Check the URL or try disabling them in the config file.`
 
@@ -67,13 +69,21 @@ export function fetchDomain () {
       }
     }
 
+    let shapesPromise = Promise.resolve([])
+    if (process.env.features.USE_SHAPES) {
+      shapesPromise = fetch(SHAPES_URL)
+        .then(response => response.json())
+        .catch(() => handleError(domainMsg('shapes')))
+    }
+
     return Promise.all([
       eventPromise,
       catPromise,
       narPromise,
       sitesPromise,
       tagsPromise,
-      sourcesPromise
+      sourcesPromise,
+      shapesPromise
     ])
       .then(response => {
         const result = {
@@ -83,6 +93,7 @@ export function fetchDomain () {
           sites: response[3],
           tags: response[4],
           sources: response[5],
+          shapes: response[6],
           notifications
         }
         if (Object.values(result).some(resp => resp.hasOwnProperty('error'))) {
@@ -96,7 +107,7 @@ export function fetchDomain () {
         // TODO: handle this appropriately in React hierarchy
         alert(err.message)
       })
-  };
+  }
 }
 
 export const FETCH_ERROR = 'FETCH_ERROR'
@@ -189,7 +200,7 @@ export function updateTimeRange(timerange) {
   }
 }
 
-export const UPDATE_NARRATIVE = 'UPDATE_NARRATIVE';
+export const UPDATE_NARRATIVE = 'UPDATE_NARRATIVE'
 export function updateNarrative(narrative) {
   return {
     type: UPDATE_NARRATIVE,
@@ -197,14 +208,14 @@ export function updateNarrative(narrative) {
   }
 }
 
-export const INCREMENT_NARRATIVE_CURRENT = 'INCREMENT_NARRATIVE_CURRENT';
+export const INCREMENT_NARRATIVE_CURRENT = 'INCREMENT_NARRATIVE_CURRENT'
 export function incrementNarrativeCurrent() {
   return {
     type: INCREMENT_NARRATIVE_CURRENT
   }
 }
 
-export const DECREMENT_NARRATIVE_CURRENT = 'DECREMENT_NARRATIVE_CURRENT';
+export const DECREMENT_NARRATIVE_CURRENT = 'DECREMENT_NARRATIVE_CURRENT'
 export function decrementNarrativeCurrent() {
   return {
     type: DECREMENT_NARRATIVE_CURRENT
@@ -249,7 +260,7 @@ export function toggleFetchingSources() {
   }
 }
 
-export const TOGGLE_LANGUAGE = 'TOGGLE_LANGUAGE';
+export const TOGGLE_LANGUAGE = 'TOGGLE_LANGUAGE'
 export function toggleLanguage(language) {
   return {
     type: TOGGLE_LANGUAGE,
@@ -257,21 +268,21 @@ export function toggleLanguage(language) {
   }
 }
 
-export const CLOSE_TOOLBAR = 'CLOSE_TOOLBAR';
+export const CLOSE_TOOLBAR = 'CLOSE_TOOLBAR'
 export function closeToolbar() {
   return {
     type: CLOSE_TOOLBAR
   }
 }
 
-export const TOGGLE_INFOPOPUP = 'TOGGLE_INFOPOPUP';
+export const TOGGLE_INFOPOPUP = 'TOGGLE_INFOPOPUP'
 export function toggleInfoPopup() {
   return {
     type: TOGGLE_INFOPOPUP
   }
 }
 
-export const TOGGLE_MAPVIEW = 'TOGGLE_MAPVIEW';
+export const TOGGLE_MAPVIEW = 'TOGGLE_MAPVIEW'
  export function toggleMapView(layer) {
    return {
      type: TOGGLE_MAPVIEW,
diff --git a/src/reducers/schema/shapeSchema.js b/src/reducers/schema/shapeSchema.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d02079f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/reducers/schema/shapeSchema.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import Joi from 'joi'
+
+const shapeSchema = Joi.object().keys({
+  name: Joi.string().required(),
+  items: Joi.array().required()
+})
+
+export default shapeSchema
diff --git a/src/reducers/utils/validators.js b/src/reducers/utils/validators.js
index 42bf3d3..f52f909 100644
--- a/src/reducers/utils/validators.js
+++ b/src/reducers/utils/validators.js
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-import Joi from 'joi';
+import Joi from 'joi'
 
-import eventSchema from '../schema/eventSchema';
-import categorySchema from '../schema/categorySchema';
-import siteSchema from '../schema/siteSchema';
-import narrativeSchema from '../schema/narrativeSchema';
+import eventSchema from '../schema/eventSchema'
+import categorySchema from '../schema/categorySchema'
+import siteSchema from '../schema/siteSchema'
+import narrativeSchema from '../schema/narrativeSchema'
 import sourceSchema from '../schema/sourceSchema'
+import shapeSchema from '../schema/shapeSchema'
 
-import { capitalize } from './helpers.js';
+import { capitalize } from './helpers.js'
 
 /*
 * Create an error notification object
@@ -21,8 +22,8 @@ function makeError(type, id, message) {
 }
 
 
-const isLeaf = node => (Object.keys(node.children).length === 0);
-const isDuplicate = (node, set) => { return (set.has(node.key)); };
+const isLeaf = node => (Object.keys(node.children).length === 0)
+const isDuplicate = (node, set) => { return (set.has(node.key)) }
 
 
 /*
@@ -61,8 +62,9 @@ export function validateDomain (domain) {
     sites: [],
     narratives: [],
     sources: {},
+    tags: {},
+    shapes: [],
     notifications: domain.notifications,
-    tags: {}
   }
 
   const discardedDomain = {
@@ -71,18 +73,19 @@ export function validateDomain (domain) {
     sites: [],
     narratives: [],
     sources: [],
+    shapes: []
   }
 
   function validateArrayItem(item, domainKey, schema) {
-    const result = Joi.validate(item, schema);
+    const result = Joi.validate(item, schema)
     if (result.error !== null) {
-      const id = item.id || '-';
-      const domainStr = capitalize(domainKey);
-      const error = makeError(domainStr, id, result.error.message);
+      const id = item.id || '-'
+      const domainStr = capitalize(domainKey)
+      const error = makeError(domainStr, id, result.error.message)
 
-      discardedDomain[domainKey].push(Object.assign(item, { error }));
+      discardedDomain[domainKey].push(Object.assign(item, { error }))
     } else {
-      sanitizedDomain[domainKey].push(item);
+      sanitizedDomain[domainKey].push(item)
     }
   }
 
@@ -109,29 +112,46 @@ export function validateDomain (domain) {
     })
   }
 
-  validateArray(domain.events, 'events', eventSchema);
-  validateArray(domain.categories, 'categories', categorySchema);
-  validateArray(domain.sites, 'sites', siteSchema);
-  validateArray(domain.narratives, 'narratives', narrativeSchema);
-  validateObject(domain.sources, 'sources', sourceSchema);
+  validateArray(domain.events, 'events', eventSchema)
+  validateArray(domain.categories, 'categories', categorySchema)
+  validateArray(domain.sites, 'sites', siteSchema)
+  validateArray(domain.narratives, 'narratives', narrativeSchema)
+  validateObject(domain.sources, 'sources', sourceSchema)
+  validateObject(domain.shapes, 'shapes', shapeSchema)
+
+  sanitizedDomain.shapes = sanitizedDomain.shapes.map(shape => {
+    const points = shape.items.map(coords => {
+      const _coords = coords.replace(/\s/g, '').split(',')
+      return {
+        lat: parseFloat(_coords[0]),
+        lon: parseFloat(_coords[1])
+      }
+    })
+    return {
+      name: shape.name,
+      points
+    }
+  })
+
+  console.log(sanitizedDomain)
 
 
   // Message the number of failed items in domain
   Object.keys(discardedDomain).forEach(disc => {
-    const len = discardedDomain[disc].length;
+    const len = discardedDomain[disc].length
     if (len) {
       sanitizedDomain.notifications.push({
         message: `${len} invalid ${disc} not displayed.`,
         items: discardedDomain[disc],
         type: 'error'
-      });
+      })
     }
-  });
+  })
 
   // Validate uniqueness of tags
-  const tagSet = new Set([]);
-  const duplicateTags = [];
-  validateTree(domain.tags, {}, tagSet, duplicateTags);
+  const tagSet = new Set([])
+  const duplicateTags = []
+  validateTree(domain.tags, {}, tagSet, duplicateTags)
 
   // Duplicated tags
   if (duplicateTags.length > 0) {
@@ -139,9 +159,9 @@ export function validateDomain (domain) {
       message: `Tags are required to be unique. Ignoring duplicates for now.`,
       items: duplicateTags,
       type: 'error'
-    });
+    })
   }
-  sanitizedDomain.tags = domain.tags;
+  sanitizedDomain.tags = domain.tags
 
-  return sanitizedDomain;
+  return sanitizedDomain
 }