Marine Life Survey Data (collected by volunteers) collated by MarLIN
Jon Parr, Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
2272
Types requested AllPartial All or partial?: When all records of this dataset were downloaded, it is flagged as "All".
Otherwise, it is flagged as "Partial".
A partial download happens when a user specifies particular species / areas / dates of interest.
3438
Years 202520242023
352116
Formats requested Types requested  
csv14
shapefile23
kml34
wms0
wfs0
gdb1
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)31
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)2
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)18
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)0
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)7
All observations of species (whole_species)14
All observations in dataset (whole_dataset)0
  • Gridded summary Type 1 (dist_taxa): Sightings of all species are aggregated at 1/0.1/0.01 degree resolution. Users gets the number of species and records per grid cell.
    a: Rectangular grids; b: Hexagonal grids
  • Gridded summary Type 2 (dist_sp): Sightings of each species are aggregated at 1/0.1/0.01 degree resolution. Users gets the number of records of the species in question per grid cell.
    a: Rectangular grids; b: Hexagonal grids
  • All or partial?: When all records of this dataset were downloaded, it is flagged as "All". Otherwise, it is flagged as "Partial". A partial download happens when a user specifies particular species / areas / dates of interest.

Download request details

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No.Date requestedTypes requestedFormat#recordsAlong with...Species includedRequest ID
512024-04-03dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species660d4fa21fcfd_20240403_085159
522024-04-03dist_spkml1List of datasetsList of species660d4fa21fcfd_20240403_085202
532024-03-12dist_taxakml2List of datasetsList of species65f069f854b13_20240312_104516
542024-02-22pointsshapefile1List of datasetsList of species65d7417a0c6ad_20240222_074751
552024-02-09pointsshapefile1List of datasetsList of species65c60244386de_20240209_060151
562024-02-09pointsshapefile1List of datasetsList of species65c60244386de_20240209_060155
572023-12-09whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species6574cb96b1137_20231209_162404
582023-12-09whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species6574cb96b1137_20231209_160049
592023-12-09whole_speciesgdb1List of datasetsList of species6574cb96b1137_20231209_155115
602023-12-09whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species6574cb96b1137_20231209_160047
612023-10-09dist_taxakml2List of datasetsList of species652401c11ab5c_20231009_093933
622023-10-02dist_taxakml2List of datasetsList of species651b4bd5e8581_20231002_190217
632023-09-18dist_taxakml2List of datasetsList of species6508f34525502_20230918_210342
642023-08-29pointskml1List of datasetsList of species64ee62af81f40_20230829_173437
652023-08-07dist_taxakml2List of datasetsList of species64d0fae7ae3a9_20230807_100906
662023-07-10pointsshapefile1List of datasetsList of species64abddb9d1a51_20230710_063300
672023-07-06dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species64a6b4b22b344_20230706_094509
682023-07-06dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species64a6b4b22b344_20230706_083452
692023-06-30dist_taxakml2List of datasetsList of species649e8cefecd92_20230630_040824
702023-06-19dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species6490f3039ea3a_20230619_203450
712023-06-19dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species6490f3039ea3a_20230619_205403
722023-05-19dist_spkml1List of datasetsList of species64676f3d69eb7_20230519_084502
List of datasets

Notes

  • The summary of the download requests may not be accurate as the download functionality of the OBIS-SEAMAP mapping tools have been advancing and it is hard to put together old download requests with newer ones.
  • The number of users may be overcounted or undercounted as we didn't collect the information of user identification in early years of OBIS-SEAMAP and the IP addresses are used as a proxy to user identity for old requests.
  • Other issues that may result in inaccuracy is:
    • a user may try downloading data with slightly different criteria for the same project/purpose.
    • a user may download data a couple of times over time to include the latest observations.
    • a user may download data with more coarse criteria and then filter the downloaded data more for specific needs (e.g. download global sightings of a species and then filter them with a study area).
    • a user may download data just for a test purpose.
    • For KML format, a user may visualize the data using Google Earth but did not use them for his/her scientific work.
  • The data type of "diversity indexes" was added in July 2016.
  • Although we have started collecting details of a request (i.e. user's name, prospectus) since Nov 2013, we do not disclose the details unless the user gives us consent. If you want to know more details on the request, please contact us with the Request ID ready. We will try connecting you with the user in question.