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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
3511256
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.
561200
Years 202520242023
397529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv722
shapefile150
kml191
wms1
wfs6
gdb186
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)24
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)343
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)13
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)74
All observations of species (whole_species)748
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
11512023-05-15dist_spshapefile1400List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_195021
11522023-05-15dist_spshapefile248List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_164848
11532023-05-15dist_spshapefile1352List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_192457
11542023-05-15dist_spshapefile246List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_164439
11552023-05-15dist_spshapefile1400List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_193334
11562023-05-15dist_spshapefile246List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_164606
11572023-05-15dist_spshapefile1354List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_192749
11582023-05-15dist_spshapefile1401List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_195317
11592023-05-15dist_spshapefile1055List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_165044
11602023-05-15dist_spkml237List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_163648
11612023-05-15dist_spshapefile1365List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_193025
11622023-05-15dist_spshapefile1400List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_194522
11632023-05-15dist_spshapefile1345List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_190253
11642023-05-15dist_spkml246List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_164122
11652023-05-12whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species645de9e246bba_20230512_033553
11662023-05-12whole_specieskml65List of datasetsList of species645de9e246bba_20230512_033710
11672023-05-10pointsshapefile917List of datasetsList of species645c1a0487035_20230510_182844
11682023-05-09dist_spshapefile707List of datasetsList of species645acae620047_20230509_185632
11692023-05-09dist_spshapefile707List of datasetsList of species645acae620047_20230509_185638
11702023-05-06dist_spkml181List of datasetsList of species6456ab3d993d3_20230506_153451
11712023-05-06whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species6456f97132211_20230506_210816
11722023-05-06whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species6456f46639ace_20230506_205713
11732023-05-06whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species6456f46639ace_20230506_205905
11742023-05-06whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species6456f46639ace_20230506_205416
11752023-05-06whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species645713cff0fec_20230506_235138
11762023-05-05whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species6455148e5e7fc_20230505_104517
11772023-05-01dist_spkml883List of datasetsList of species644fe083cb439_20230501_121212
11782023-04-27whole_specieskml65List of datasetsList of species644afb41ab8b8_20230427_185243
11792023-04-25whole_specieskml917List of datasetsList of species6447b9e1e3164_20230425_085614
11802023-04-25whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species6447b9e1e3164_20230425_074005
11812023-04-25whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species6447b9e1e3164_20230425_074542
11822023-04-25whole_speciesgdb43List of datasetsList of species644810c80edfc_20230425_135332
11832023-04-24dist_spkml181List of datasetsList of species644602c6c875f_20230424_002850
11842023-04-24dist_spkml181List of datasetsList of species644602c6c875f_20230424_002856
11852023-04-22whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species644386747fa8b_20230422_030741
11862023-04-11dist_spshapefile9List of datasetsList of species643586b95e244_20230411_121657
11872023-04-11dist_spcsv807List of datasetsList of species643573cbba126_20230411_105840
11882023-04-11dist_spcsv828List of datasetsList of species643597cdb6cc4_20230411_142421
11892023-04-11dist_spcsv807List of datasetsList of species643573cbba126_20230411_105837
11902023-04-11dist_spcsv807List of datasetsList of species643573cbba126_20230411_105832
11912023-04-11pointskml917List of datasetsList of species6436009495667_20230411_205401
11922023-04-02dist_spkml707List of datasetsList of species64294cf4d6e88_20230402_053832
11932023-04-02pointsshapefile52List of datasetsList of species64299f3453b07_20230402_114200
11942023-03-29dist_spshapefile256List of datasetsList of species6424c7d31729d_20230329_194349
11952023-03-29dist_spshapefile108List of datasetsList of species6424c296bda0b_20230329_193049
11962023-03-29dist_spshapefile108List of datasetsList of species6424c296bda0b_20230329_193104
11972023-03-29whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species6424c296bda0b_20230329_192541
11982023-03-29dist_spshapefile108List of datasetsList of species6424c296bda0b_20230329_193340
11992023-03-29dist_spshapefile108List of datasetsList of species6424c296bda0b_20230329_193005
12002023-03-29dist_spshapefile108List of datasetsList of species6424c296bda0b_20230329_193033
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.