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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
4461652
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.
641588
Years 2026202520242023
5788529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv944
shapefile234
kml237
wms10
wfs10
gdb217
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)34
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)482
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)34
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)90
All observations of species (whole_species)950
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
11012024-07-24whole_specieskml256List of datasetsList of species66a139c378e4e_20240724_133354
11022024-07-24whole_specieskml256List of datasetsList of species66a139c378e4e_20240724_133442
11032024-07-24whole_specieskml917List of datasetsList of species66a0fd1c41d31_20240724_094100
11042024-07-23dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species669fadd866cb0_20240723_092444
11052024-07-23dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species669ff2cb37f27_20240723_142003
11062024-07-18whole_datasetgdb1948List of datasetsList of species6698bd3b2c811_20240718_031229
11072024-07-15whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species6694dac6ca4b3_20240715_042432
11082024-07-15whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species6694ab77035f5_20240715_010414
11092024-07-14whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species66935578c168c_20240714_005047
11102024-07-12whole_speciescsv256List of datasetsList of species6690e39be60ef_20240712_040513
11112024-07-12dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species6691994f63150_20240712_170226
11122024-07-11whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species6690587b6c9f0_20240711_181505
11132024-07-11whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species668ec95ce235b_20240711_074113
11142024-07-11whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species668ec95ce235b_20240711_074041
11152024-07-08whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species668bbdaa8432c_20240708_123210
11162024-07-05whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species66877116d83a9_20240705_001242
11172024-07-05dist_spkml148List of datasetsList of species66876f08dbdb6_20240704_235808
11182024-07-04whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species6686ea303ed8b_20240704_143301
11192024-07-04whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species6686056217e51_20240703_221649
11202024-07-04dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species6685fbae6c2c5_20240703_213531
11212024-06-28whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species667e78292b81b_20240628_044611
11222024-06-28whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species667e74ca1566d_20240628_044448
11232024-06-28whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species667ec4d8d4c0b_20240628_101800
11242024-06-24whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species66799daa9dd4f_20240624_122825
11252024-06-21dist_spkml47List of datasetsList of species66754eab461f7_20240621_060044
11262024-06-20dist_spcsv828List of datasetsList of species667470cf7759a_20240620_143014
11272024-06-20whole_specieskml256List of datasetsList of species6674aee00502a_20240620_184618
11282024-06-20whole_speciescsv256List of datasetsList of species6674aee00502a_20240620_184629
11292024-06-17dist_spshapefile9List of datasetsList of species667040750c8fa_20240617_095758
11302024-06-13dist_spcsv181List of datasetsList of species666b1260a4007_20240613_114104
11312024-06-12whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species666a0f70b19d3_20240612_171912
11322024-06-11dist_spcsv10List of datasetsList of species666811a72837c_20240611_053113
11332024-06-11dist_spcsv10List of datasetsList of species666811a72837c_20240611_053125
11342024-06-10dist_spshapefile10List of datasetsList of species6667087b684d6_20240610_101429
11352024-06-10whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species666781680fd47_20240610_184944
11362024-06-05dist_spshapefile707List of datasetsList of species6660bb107f92b_20240605_153636
11372024-06-05dist_spshapefile807List of datasetsList of species6660bb107f92b_20240605_152521
11382024-06-05whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species665ff22eaeabe_20240605_010837
11392024-06-05whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species665ff22eaeabe_20240605_010845
11402024-06-03dist_spcsv828List of datasetsList of species665dc740ee718_20240603_102051
11412024-06-03dist_spcsv1099List of datasetsList of species665dc740ee718_20240603_095906
11422024-06-03dist_spcsv22List of datasetsList of species665dc740ee718_20240603_101858
11432024-06-03dist_spcsv61List of datasetsList of species665dc740ee718_20240603_101756
11442024-06-03dist_spcsv1099List of datasetsList of species665dc740ee718_20240603_100914
11452024-06-03dist_spcsv14List of datasetsList of species665dc740ee718_20240603_101829
11462024-05-31whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species6659733d22a90_20240531_025134
11472024-05-31whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species6659733d22a90_20240531_025151
11482024-05-31whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species66599dfd0d27b_20240531_055409
11492024-05-31dist_spcsv1051List of datasetsList of species665a1ce08479d_20240531_145703
11502024-05-26whole_speciescsv81List of datasetsList of species66535cd7b8e99_20240526_123958
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.