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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
4531679
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.
641615
Years 2026202520242023
32788529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv965
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)970
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
10512024-10-01whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species66fc58b820cc8_20241001_162301
10522024-09-30whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species66f9ffd55ca86_20240929_220710
10532024-09-27whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species66f6c18527be0_20240927_103504
10542024-09-27dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species66f6c18527be0_20240927_103703
10552024-09-26dist_spkml45List of datasetsList of species66f5bfaa08912_20240926_161752
10562024-09-26dist_spshapefile1628List of datasetsList of species66f585e2a9e4d_20240926_120642
10572024-09-26dist_spkml1628List of datasetsList of species66f585e2a9e4d_20240926_122132
10582024-09-24whole_speciesgdb268List of datasetsList of species66f2f81e2808f_20240924_134211
10592024-09-24whole_speciesgdb268List of datasetsList of species66f2f81e2808f_20240924_134242
10602024-09-23whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species66f1bdecdfd63_20240923_151938
10612024-09-20whole_speciescsv4List of datasetsList of species66ed382a14523_20240920_061529
10622024-09-20whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species66ed50eb2044c_20240920_064210
10632024-09-20whole_speciescsv6List of datasetsList of species66ed382a14523_20240920_061743
10642024-09-20whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species66ed382a14523_20240920_061629
10652024-09-20whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species66ed382a14523_20240920_060718
10662024-09-20whole_speciescsv14List of datasetsList of species66ed50eb2044c_20240920_064327
10672024-09-20whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species66ed382a14523_20240920_060739
10682024-09-20whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species66ed382a14523_20240920_053232
10692024-09-20whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species66ed382a14523_20240920_052724
10702024-09-20whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species66ed382a14523_20240920_051816
10712024-09-20whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species66ed382a14523_20240920_053532
10722024-09-20whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species66ed382a14523_20240920_063330
10732024-09-20whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species66ed382a14523_20240920_062204
10742024-09-20whole_speciescsv26List of datasetsList of species66ed382a14523_20240920_061219
10752024-09-20whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species66ed50eb2044c_20240920_064943
10762024-09-20whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species66ed50eb2044c_20240920_065040
10772024-09-20whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species66ed50eb2044c_20240920_064628
10782024-09-20whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species66ed382a14523_20240920_052912
10792024-09-20whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species66ed50eb2044c_20240920_064548
10802024-09-20whole_speciescsv3List of datasetsList of species66ed382a14523_20240920_063503
10812024-09-20whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species66ed382a14523_20240920_053549
10822024-09-20whole_speciescsv256List of datasetsList of species66ed382a14523_20240920_053416
10832024-09-20whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species66ed382a14523_20240920_052535
10842024-09-20whole_speciescsv39List of datasetsList of species66ed382a14523_20240920_053250
10852024-09-20whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species66ed382a14523_20240920_052601
10862024-09-20whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species66ed382a14523_20240920_052331
10872024-09-20whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species66ed382a14523_20240920_051723
10882024-09-19whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species66eca8138fbf3_20240919_184334
10892024-09-19whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species66eca8138fbf3_20240919_184303
10902024-09-19whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species66eca8138fbf3_20240919_184434
10912024-09-17whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species66e9ba4d6793d_20240917_132057
10922024-09-12whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species66e2cb2caf344_20240912_090320
10932024-09-12whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species66e2cb2caf344_20240912_090322
10942024-09-05whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species66d90bef6bf2b_20240904_215510
10952024-09-03dist_spkml244List of datasetsList of species66d762c51ec57_20240903_153605
10962024-08-30dist_spkml3List of datasetsList of species66d129817e93c_20240829_221032
10972024-08-28whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species66cee05b8be55_20240828_043944
10982024-08-28whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species66cee05b8be55_20240828_043953
10992024-08-25whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species66cad3ae210e0_20240825_025702
11002024-08-15whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species66bde74db3af5_20240815_073502
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.