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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
5102001
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.
681933
Years 2026202520242023
354788529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv1184
shapefile290
kml267
wms16
wfs15
gdb229
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)49
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)667
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)35
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)113
All observations of species (whole_species)1073
All observations in dataset (whole_dataset)61
  • 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
13012024-11-06whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species672b72632240c_20241106_095306
13022024-11-06whole_specieskml52List of datasetsList of species672b72632240c_20241106_100125
13032024-11-06whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species672b72632240c_20241106_084542
13042024-11-06whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species672b72632240c_20241106_095034
13052024-11-06whole_speciesgdb7List of datasetsList of species672b72632240c_20241106_095050
13062024-11-06whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species672b72632240c_20241106_100103
13072024-11-06whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species672b72632240c_20241106_095257
13082024-11-06whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species672b72632240c_20241106_100041
13092024-11-06whole_specieskml9List of datasetsList of species672b72632240c_20241106_095325
13102024-11-06whole_specieskml2List of datasetsList of species672b72632240c_20241106_084644
13112024-11-06whole_specieskml7List of datasetsList of species672b72632240c_20241106_095115
13122024-11-06whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species672b72632240c_20241106_084558
13132024-11-05whole_speciesgdb43List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_162524
13142024-11-05whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_161427
13152024-11-05whole_specieskml5List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_161713
13162024-11-05whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_160410
13172024-11-05whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_160721
13182024-11-05whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_162159
13192024-11-05whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_160725
13202024-11-05whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_161417
13212024-11-05whole_specieskml43List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_162947
13222024-11-05whole_speciesgdb5List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_161520
13232024-11-05whole_specieskml9List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_160757
13242024-11-05whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_161015
13252024-11-05whole_speciesgdb15List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_161055
13262024-11-05whole_specieskml15List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_161128
13272024-11-05whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_162339
13282024-11-05whole_speciesgdb43List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_162817
13292024-11-05whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species67296637f0955_20241104_193150
13302024-11-05whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species67296a2154235_20241104_194640
13312024-11-04pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species67295cbc38594_20241104_185305
13322024-11-04whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species672933ae7c7ea_20241104_155353
13332024-11-03dist_spshapefile707List of datasetsList of species67280cbbdede0_20241103_185633
13342024-11-01whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species67251349d3cba_20241101_142210
13352024-10-31whole_speciescsv14List of datasetsList of species6723fdc9163d0_20241031_180221
13362024-10-31whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species6723fdc9163d0_20241031_181647
13372024-10-31whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species6723abd4942af_20241031_122120
13382024-10-30pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species6722b6778d7bf_20241030_192506
13392024-10-30pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species6722b6778d7bf_20241030_192503
13402024-10-29dist_spcsv181List of datasetsList of species6720cc0754bb5_20241029_075615
13412024-10-28whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species671f5e9f4850b_20241028_061056
13422024-10-28whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species671f5e9f4850b_20241028_061047
13432024-10-28dist_spshapefile181List of datasetsList of species671fd7482fcc9_20241028_143050
13442024-10-28whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species671fd406caafb_20241028_142550
13452024-10-28whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species671fd406caafb_20241028_142554
13462024-10-28whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species671fd406caafb_20241028_142534
13472024-10-28whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species671faafd3c30b_20241028_112039
13482024-10-27dist_spcsv1666List of datasetsList of species671dd4164ee2b_20241027_015901
13492024-10-27dist_spshapefile1666List of datasetsList of species671dd4164ee2b_20241027_015629
13502024-10-21whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species6716bd9605b82_20241021_165226
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.