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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
4531687
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.
641623
Years 2026202520242023
40788529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv973
shapefile238
kml239
wms10
wfs10
gdb217
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)34
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)489
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)34
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)90
All observations of species (whole_species)978
All observations in dataset (whole_dataset)59
  • 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
10012024-11-05whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_160725
10022024-11-05whole_speciesgdb15List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_161055
10032024-11-05whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_161015
10042024-11-05whole_specieskml9List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_160757
10052024-11-05whole_speciesgdb5List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_161520
10062024-11-05whole_specieskml15List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_161128
10072024-11-05whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_160721
10082024-11-05whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_160410
10092024-11-05whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_161417
10102024-11-05whole_speciesgdb43List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_162524
10112024-11-05whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_162159
10122024-11-05whole_specieskml43List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_162947
10132024-11-05whole_specieskml5List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_161713
10142024-11-05whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_161427
10152024-11-05whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species67296a2154235_20241104_194640
10162024-11-05whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species67296637f0955_20241104_193150
10172024-11-04pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species67295cbc38594_20241104_185305
10182024-11-04whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species672933ae7c7ea_20241104_155353
10192024-11-03dist_spshapefile707List of datasetsList of species67280cbbdede0_20241103_185633
10202024-11-01whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species67251349d3cba_20241101_142210
10212024-10-31whole_speciescsv14List of datasetsList of species6723fdc9163d0_20241031_180221
10222024-10-31whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species6723fdc9163d0_20241031_181647
10232024-10-31whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species6723abd4942af_20241031_122120
10242024-10-30pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species6722b6778d7bf_20241030_192503
10252024-10-30pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species6722b6778d7bf_20241030_192506
10262024-10-29dist_spcsv181List of datasetsList of species6720cc0754bb5_20241029_075615
10272024-10-28whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species671f5e9f4850b_20241028_061056
10282024-10-28whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species671f5e9f4850b_20241028_061047
10292024-10-28dist_spshapefile181List of datasetsList of species671fd7482fcc9_20241028_143050
10302024-10-28whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species671fd406caafb_20241028_142550
10312024-10-28whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species671fd406caafb_20241028_142554
10322024-10-28whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species671fd406caafb_20241028_142534
10332024-10-28whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species671faafd3c30b_20241028_112039
10342024-10-27dist_spcsv1666List of datasetsList of species671dd4164ee2b_20241027_015901
10352024-10-27dist_spshapefile1666List of datasetsList of species671dd4164ee2b_20241027_015629
10362024-10-21whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species6716bd9605b82_20241021_165226
10372024-10-21whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species6716bd9605b82_20241021_165227
10382024-10-21whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species67166b4e8ef81_20241021_110129
10392024-10-21dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species671679deea5da_20241021_123844
10402024-10-21whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species67166b4e8ef81_20241021_112017
10412024-10-21whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species6715b13fef0c9_20241020_214224
10422024-10-20whole_specieskml1List of datasetsList of species6714efa31b4aa_20241020_075751
10432024-10-20whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species6714e97752ef2_20241020_075001
10442024-10-20whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species6714f16cbaa3f_20241020_080331
10452024-10-17dist_spkml34List of datasetsList of species67115d8f5f1a1_20241017_150549
10462024-10-15dist_spcsv807List of datasetsList of species670ee60f7ac88_20241015_180421
10472024-10-15dist_spshapefile807List of datasetsList of species670ee60f7ac88_20241015_180444
10482024-10-14pointsshapefile1948List of datasetsList of species670da76271324_20241014_195437
10492024-10-14whole_specieskml52List of datasetsList of species670d5f4e7fcf6_20241014_143417
10502024-10-14whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species670d5f4e7fcf6_20241014_142436
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.