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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
3561326
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.
561270
Years 202520242023
467529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv787
shapefile150
kml195
wms1
wfs6
gdb187
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)25
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)349
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)13
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)75
All observations of species (whole_species)810
All observations in dataset (whole_dataset)51
  • 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
12025-07-16whole_speciesgdb39List of datasetsList of species6877796abce05_20250716_060650
22025-07-14dist_spcsv962List of datasetsList of species687529434b05d_20250714_141233
32025-07-12pointskml43List of datasetsList of species6872d809363fa_20250712_175117
42025-07-11dist_spkml9List of datasetsList of species687161d00eea9_20250711_151621
52025-07-11whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species686f771e03875_20250710_221815
62025-07-11whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species687074d3ec401_20250710_222023
72025-07-11whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species686f771e03875_20250710_221828
82025-07-11whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species686f771e03875_20250710_221906
92025-07-11whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species686f771e03875_20250710_221907
102025-07-10whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species686f46ee14659_20250710_005241
112025-07-10whole_speciescsv3List of datasetsList of species686f47375ad34_20250710_005325
122025-07-10whole_speciescsv3List of datasetsList of species686f5e8e1933a_20250710_023313
132025-07-10whole_speciescsv14List of datasetsList of species686f60eb2890e_20250710_024859
142025-07-10whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species686f60e7b0576_20250710_025037
152025-07-10whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species686f60e7b0576_20250710_025145
162025-07-10whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species686f60e7b0576_20250710_025148
172025-07-10whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species686f60e7b0576_20250710_025146
182025-07-10whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species686f60e7b0576_20250710_025150
192025-07-10whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species686f67ddeb11e_20250710_031247
202025-07-10whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species686f67dd2f261_20250710_031435
212025-07-10whole_speciescsv6List of datasetsList of species686ea0b0e26e6_20250709_225740
222025-07-10whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species686fccaac4725_20250710_111437
232025-07-10whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species686fccaac4725_20250710_111443
242025-07-10whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species686fccaac4725_20250710_111427
252025-07-10whole_speciescsv6List of datasetsList of species686ea0b0e26e6_20250709_225741
262025-07-10whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species686f5eb3c2c8a_20250710_023342
272025-07-10whole_speciescsv6List of datasetsList of species686f47d3f23cd_20250710_005603
282025-07-09dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species686e24a6b3182_20250709_042128
292025-07-09dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species686ee13718115_20250709_174310
302025-07-09dist_spcsv22List of datasetsList of species686e37ce5405b_20250709_055148
312025-07-09dist_spcsv22List of datasetsList of species686e37ce5405b_20250709_055143
322025-07-09whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species686e74225e730_20250709_095544
332025-07-09whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species686e74225e730_20250709_095600
342025-07-09whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species686e7501075a1_20250709_095636
352025-07-09whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species686e758674758_20250709_095920
362025-07-09whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species686e758674758_20250709_095927
372025-07-09whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species686e75ebdac17_20250709_100055
382025-07-09whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species686e75ebdac17_20250709_100058
392025-07-09whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species686e75ebdac17_20250709_100056
402025-07-09whole_speciescsv39List of datasetsList of species686e76f02025f_20250709_100448
412025-07-09whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species686e76ee660ac_20250709_100542
422025-07-09whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species686e76ee660ac_20250709_100545
432025-07-09whole_speciescsv256List of datasetsList of species686e78359e393_20250709_101123
442025-07-09whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species686e7923a566e_20250709_101415
452025-07-09whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species686e7922d95d2_20250709_101449
462025-07-09whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species686e7961b6328_20250709_101515
472025-07-09whole_speciescsv26List of datasetsList of species686e79cd4ecaf_20250709_101807
482025-07-09whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species686e79d355132_20250709_101856
492025-07-09whole_speciescsv4List of datasetsList of species686e7aea720f5_20250709_102145
502025-07-09whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species686e79e4d1d77_20250709_102223
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.