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
12512024-03-20dist_spshapefile707List of datasetsList of species65fb0e4102a63_20240320_122807
12522024-03-20dist_spshapefile181List of datasetsList of species65fb074410851_20240320_121843
12532024-03-20dist_spshapefile181List of datasetsList of species65fb0ceb21914_20240320_122411
12542024-03-20whole_speciesgdb268List of datasetsList of species65fb074410851_20240320_121807
12552024-03-20dist_spshapefile181List of datasetsList of species65fb074410851_20240320_121841
12562024-03-13whole_specieskml65List of datasetsList of species65f1df942708b_20240313_132716
12572024-03-13dist_spshapefile3List of datasetsList of species65f1dc8b800aa_20240313_131050
12582024-03-13whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species65f1df942708b_20240313_132607
12592024-03-13whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species65f1df942708b_20240313_132307
12602024-03-13whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species65f1df942708b_20240313_132415
12612024-03-13dist_spcsv3List of datasetsList of species65f1dc8b800aa_20240313_131037
12622024-03-13whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species65f1df942708b_20240313_133404
12632024-03-13whole_specieskml23List of datasetsList of species65f1df942708b_20240313_133735
12642024-03-13whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species65f1df942708b_20240313_132740
12652024-03-13whole_specieskml52List of datasetsList of species65f1df942708b_20240313_132825
12662024-03-13whole_specieskml268List of datasetsList of species65f1df942708b_20240313_132423
12672024-03-13whole_specieskml9List of datasetsList of species65f1df942708b_20240313_132610
12682024-03-12dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species65f069f854b13_20240312_104516
12692024-03-12whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species65f06cf85831f_20240312_110405
12702024-03-08whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species65eb378227c47_20240308_111545
12712024-03-08dist_spcsv35List of datasetsList of species65eb378227c47_20240308_112237
12722024-03-05dist_spkml10List of datasetsList of species65e75a6948931_20240305_124655
12732024-03-04dist_spkml181List of datasetsList of species65e5a579ae9c9_20240304_054327
12742024-03-04whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species65e58652f06a2_20240304_033102
12752024-03-01dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species65e0df41f2b4d_20240301_041152
12762024-03-01whole_speciesgdb1List of datasetsList of species65e1a1a66db70_20240301_044514
12772024-03-01whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species65e1a1a66db70_20240301_044506
12782024-02-27whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species65de220ba59fc_20240227_131255
12792024-02-22whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species65d725f719520_20240222_101034
12802024-02-22whole_speciesgdb268List of datasetsList of species65d725f719520_20240222_101044
12812024-02-22whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species65d6d079ef4e0_20240221_234934
12822024-02-17dist_spcsv326List of datasetsList of species65d070c39b432_20240217_035615
12832024-02-17dist_spshapefile326List of datasetsList of species65d070c39b432_20240217_034825
12842024-02-17whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species65d1204a20121_20240217_161051
12852024-02-15whole_specieskml43List of datasetsList of species65cdd26d6b0cc_20240215_040119
12862024-02-15dist_spcsv35List of datasetsList of species65cdcb48621d4_20240215_034009
12872024-02-15dist_spcsv35List of datasetsList of species65cdcb48621d4_20240215_034006
12882024-02-09pointsshapefile1948List of datasetsList of species65c60244386de_20240209_060155
12892024-02-09pointsshapefile1948List of datasetsList of species65c60244386de_20240209_060151
12902024-02-09dist_spshapefile2List of datasetsList of species65c61ea83c61f_20240209_074656
12912024-02-09dist_spshapefile35List of datasetsList of species65c622da44682_20240209_080458
12922024-02-09dist_spshapefile9List of datasetsList of species65c6200a754bf_20240209_075252
12932024-02-09whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species65c63e1913a4d_20240209_100130
12942024-02-09dist_spshapefile282List of datasetsList of species65c61be12ff00_20240209_074042
12952024-02-09dist_spshapefile2List of datasetsList of species65c61ea83c61f_20240209_074702
12962024-02-09whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species65c63e1913a4d_20240209_100437
12972024-02-09dist_spshapefile22List of datasetsList of species65c61be12ff00_20240209_073551
12982024-02-09dist_spshapefile282List of datasetsList of species65c61be12ff00_20240209_073841
12992024-02-09whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species65c641893d54c_20240209_101555
13002024-02-09whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species65c6411559174_20240209_101354
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.