National Whale and Dolphin Sightings and Strandings Database
OBIS Secretariat, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
3181060
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.
511009
Years 202520242023
201529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv587
shapefile133
kml170
wms1
wfs5
gdb164
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)20
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)280
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)13
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)49
All observations of species (whole_species)649
All observations in dataset (whole_dataset)46
  • 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
12025-04-29dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species68112f31cb6e2_20250429_161637
22025-04-29dist_spcsv807List of datasetsList of species681134c6be239_20250429_162229
32025-04-29dist_spcsv22List of datasetsList of species68112f31cb6e2_20250429_161904
42025-04-29whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species68112f31cb6e2_20250429_160848
52025-04-29whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species68112f31cb6e2_20250429_161112
62025-04-29whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species68112f31cb6e2_20250429_155943
72025-04-29dist_spcsv14List of datasetsList of species681134c6be239_20250429_162710
82025-04-28whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species680fe8e7e8d19_20250428_164840
92025-04-28whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species680fe8e7e8d19_20250428_164837
102025-04-25dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species680bcf6c85769_20250425_140753
112025-04-25whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species680c02466d9b8_20250425_175236
122025-04-23dist_spcsv22List of datasetsList of species6808f521cb9f9_20250423_101730
132025-04-23dist_spcsv729List of datasetsList of species6808f521cb9f9_20250423_102408
142025-04-23dist_spshapefile829List of datasetsList of species6808f8fead25a_20250423_103756
152025-04-21whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species6806870e7afe5_20250421_140026
162025-04-18dist_spcsv155List of datasetsList of species680238cb66131_20250418_073702
172025-04-18dist_spcsv5List of datasetsList of species680254f1b1da2_20250418_094419
182025-04-16pointskml2List of datasetsList of species67ffaf433b282_20250416_092350
192025-04-16pointskml2List of datasetsList of species67ffafb43b122_20250416_092642
202025-04-16dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species67ffafb43b122_20250416_092525
212025-04-16dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species67ffb02a2f57f_20250416_132728
222025-04-16dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species67ffc7d25be1a_20250416_154047
232025-04-16dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species67ffafb43b122_20250416_092828
242025-04-16dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species67ffafb43b122_20250416_112900
252025-04-16dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species67ffc7d25be1a_20250416_152207
262025-04-16pointskml2List of datasetsList of species67ffc7d25be1a_20250416_151113
272025-04-16pointskml2List of datasetsList of species67ffb432c62d6_20250416_140008
282025-04-16dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species67ffc7d25be1a_20250416_150816
292025-04-16dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species67ffc7d25be1a_20250416_164828
302025-04-16pointskml2List of datasetsList of species67ffafb43b122_20250416_095807
312025-04-16pointskml2List of datasetsList of species67ffb432c62d6_20250416_134614
322025-04-16dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species67ffb432c62d6_20250416_134441
332025-04-16whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species67ffc7d25be1a_20250416_203850
342025-04-16whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species67ffc7d25be1a_20250416_203858
352025-04-16dist_spcsv35List of datasetsList of species67ffcc6b413b8_20250416_113751
362025-04-16dist_spcsv35List of datasetsList of species67ffcc6b413b8_20250416_113740
372025-04-15dist_spkml34List of datasetsList of species67fdddeab4b81_20250415_004309
382025-04-14whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species67fd93219340b_20250414_190225
392025-04-11whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species67f97326aa2dc_20250411_155700
402025-04-09dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species67f6adefab61c_20250409_132724
412025-04-06dist_spkml1670List of datasetsList of species67f28d372679f_20250406_105029
422025-04-06dist_spkml1670List of datasetsList of species67f28d372679f_20250406_105014
432025-04-06dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species67f29b7e32f0b_20250406_111959
442025-04-03pointscsv917List of datasetsList of species67eeb1df976cf_20250403_131645
452025-04-02dist_spcsv46List of datasetsList of species67edc6a7192c5_20250402_193424
462025-04-02dist_spshapefile46List of datasetsList of species67ed8fa1b0821_20250402_153034
472025-03-27dist_spcsv22List of datasetsList of species67e55c1073325_20250327_101421
482025-03-27whole_speciescsv256List of datasetsList of species67e567606ec03_20250327_110443
492025-03-27dist_spshapefile9List of datasetsList of species67e55319c3191_20250327_093353
502025-03-25whole_speciescsv3List of datasetsList of species67e2eda091bed_20250325_145610
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.