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
13012024-02-01dist_spkml45List of datasetsList of species65bbb07f2cc11_20240201_100153
13022024-02-01dist_spshapefile1628List of datasetsList of species65bb9691694da_20240201_080842
13032024-01-29whole_speciesgdb15List of datasetsList of species65b7f6306f815_20240129_140818
13042024-01-27whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species65b4c942f0c9f_20240127_075052
13052024-01-27whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species65b4c942f0c9f_20240127_075713
13062024-01-26whole_speciesgdb1List of datasetsList of species65b375bccd67c_20240126_040624
13072024-01-26whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species65b3c147d482c_20240126_093018
13082024-01-24dist_spwfs1666List of datasetsList of species65b16bafdbe66_20240124_155805
13092024-01-23whole_datasetgdb1948List of datasetsList of species65af278b0eec2_20240122_214510
13102024-01-23whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species65af7e4eb052e_20240123_054723
13112024-01-23whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species65af7e4eb052e_20240123_060114
13122024-01-23whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species65af7e4eb052e_20240123_082008
13132024-01-23whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species65af7e4eb052e_20240123_073706
13142024-01-23whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species65af7e4eb052e_20240123_073205
13152024-01-23whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species65af7e4eb052e_20240123_074159
13162024-01-23whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species65af7e4eb052e_20240123_082238
13172024-01-23whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species65af7e4eb052e_20240123_082346
13182024-01-23whole_speciescsv3List of datasetsList of species65af7e4eb052e_20240123_082155
13192024-01-23whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species65af7e4eb052e_20240123_073921
13202024-01-23whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species65af7e4eb052e_20240123_082428
13212024-01-23whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species65af7e4eb052e_20240123_040421
13222024-01-23whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species65af7e4eb052e_20240123_081808
13232024-01-23whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species65af7e4eb052e_20240123_040439
13242024-01-23whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species65af7e4eb052e_20240123_061813
13252024-01-22whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species65aeef6278b20_20240122_175648
13262024-01-22whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species65aeef6278b20_20240122_174707
13272024-01-22whole_specieskml23List of datasetsList of species65ae872747f18_20240122_102213
13282024-01-22whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species65ae872747f18_20240122_102218
13292024-01-22whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species65ae872747f18_20240122_102206
13302024-01-21dist_spkml22List of datasetsList of species65ac66db8cb6f_20240120_194316
13312024-01-21dist_spkml22List of datasetsList of species65ac66db8cb6f_20240120_194320
13322024-01-15whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species65a5808f03085_20240115_140213
13332024-01-14dist_spcsv807List of datasetsList of species65a3386062471_20240113_203834
13342024-01-14dist_spkml807List of datasetsList of species65a3386062471_20240113_203843
13352024-01-14dist_spkml807List of datasetsList of species65a3386062471_20240113_203939
13362024-01-11whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species65a06ed65ed76_20240111_174449
13372024-01-05whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species65981cacbd51f_20240105_101424
13382024-01-05pointsshapefile1029List of datasetsList of species65981ddbecec0_20240105_102514
13392024-01-05pointsshapefile917List of datasetsList of species659814eb115e8_20240105_095425
13402024-01-05whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species659814eb115e8_20240105_095103
13412024-01-05pointsshapefile487List of datasetsList of species659814eb115e8_20240105_133454
13422024-01-04whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species6596f71e96f8d_20240104_132622
13432024-01-04whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species6596f2fd9fa13_20240104_130839
13442024-01-04whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species6596f2fd9fa13_20240104_131446
13452024-01-04whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species65966cd70f862_20240104_035713
13462024-01-03whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6595d0a01fa31_20240103_163429
13472024-01-03whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6595d0a01fa31_20240103_164546
13482024-01-03whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species6595838a58c89_20240103_144248
13492024-01-03whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species6595838a58c89_20240103_144250
13502023-12-30dist_spkml916List of datasetsList of species65905ccdc19f5_20231230_131928
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.