diff --git a/server/data_processing/area_processing.py b/server/data_processing/area_processing.py
index 5ff38d4b2cf824b654c00c64a7a5a4e93e437cfa..6239487d90d2189885d8466e5296b86d90349221 100644
--- a/server/data_processing/area_processing.py
+++ b/server/data_processing/area_processing.py
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ def define_gridareas(lat, lng, area_offset, grid_size):
     # find subareas size relative to main area
     subarea_offset = area_offset/grid_size
 
-    print(main_area)
+    group_id = 0
+    i=0
+    j=0
 
     # find the center coordinates of each area in grid to find the corner areas
     for y in (range(grid_size)):
@@ -55,10 +57,17 @@ def define_gridareas(lat, lng, area_offset, grid_size):
             lat_pos = main_area[3][0] + relative_size_lat * area_size[0] + dist_to_subcenter[0]
             lng_pos = main_area[3][1] + relative_size_lng * area_size[1] + dist_to_subcenter[1]
             # id of each subarea
-            sub_id = x % grid_size + grid_size*y
+            sub_id = x % grid_size + grid_size * y
+
+            if (x+(y*grid_size)) % ((grid_size*2) + 1) == grid_size * 2:
+                group_id += 2
+
+            if (x+(y*grid_size)) % 2 == 0 and (x+(y*grid_size)) != 0:
+                i += 1
+
             # use the center of sub areas to find the corner of each subarea
             corners = calculate_corners(lat_pos, lng_pos, subarea_offset)
-            grided_area.append((sub_id, corners))
+            grided_area.append((sub_id, group_id + i%2, corners))
 
     return grided_area