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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
4441649
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.
641585
Years 2026202520242023
2788529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv942
shapefile234
kml237
wms10
wfs10
gdb216
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)947
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
13512023-12-07whole_speciesgdb81List of datasetsList of species657184f18a971_20231207_034424
13522023-12-07whole_speciescsv81List of datasetsList of species657184f18a971_20231207_034419
13532023-12-04whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species656e1a3e2b8ab_20231204_133409
13542023-12-04whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species656e1a3e2b8ab_20231204_133450
13552023-12-04dist_spshapefile9List of datasetsList of species656e278bef95c_20231204_142632
13562023-12-04dist_spshapefile54List of datasetsList of species656e3abc8df39_20231204_155045
13572023-11-30whole_speciesgdb256List of datasetsList of species656843834061f_20231130_031517
13582023-11-27dist_spcsv155List of datasetsList of species65651c6423bc0_20231127_174935
13592023-11-24whole_speciesgdb256List of datasetsList of species65601bb2a85c4_20231123_224622
13602023-11-24whole_speciescsv256List of datasetsList of species65601bb2a85c4_20231123_224621
13612023-11-24whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6560c94b349dd_20231124_114522
13622023-11-24whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6560c94b349dd_20231124_114925
13632023-11-21whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species655bbda67ed6f_20231120_191638
13642023-11-21whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species655cf264534b8_20231121_134437
13652023-11-21whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species655cf264534b8_20231121_134440
13662023-11-20whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species655bbda67ed6f_20231120_151332
13672023-11-20dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species655ad17d8d7dd_20231119_223413
13682023-11-14pointsshapefile52List of datasetsList of species6552d868d5fc9_20231113_212239
13692023-11-14pointsshapefile52List of datasetsList of species6552d868d5fc9_20231113_211831
13702023-11-14dist_spshapefile46List of datasetsList of species6552d130ed5ca_20231113_204956
13712023-11-14pointsshapefile52List of datasetsList of species6552da9997baf_20231113_212645
13722023-11-14whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species6553f3fab4e00_20231114_172912
13732023-11-14whole_specieskml52List of datasetsList of species6552a4115ad8d_20231113_192149
13742023-11-14whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species6552a4115ad8d_20231113_191612
13752023-11-13whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species6552a272249b3_20231113_173051
13762023-11-12dist_spshapefile45List of datasetsList of species6551640cb154c_20231112_185043
13772023-11-10dist_sp_h3shapefile2List of datasetsList of species654eb03b7d83e_20231110_174425
13782023-11-10dist_sp_h3csv2List of datasetsList of species654eb03b7d83e_20231110_174347
13792023-11-10whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species654de7a939128_20231110_032100
13802023-11-08whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species654be4796dec3_20231108_145146
13812023-11-08whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species654be4796dec3_20231108_145130
13822023-11-07whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species654a38a1cf3e1_20231107_084438
13832023-11-07whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species654a38a1cf3e1_20231107_100252
13842023-11-07whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species654a38a1cf3e1_20231107_094245
13852023-11-07whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species6549e2faf343d_20231107_022215
13862023-11-03whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species654467b979c42_20231102_232643
13872023-11-01whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species654262b438480_20231101_104741
13882023-11-01whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species654262b438480_20231101_104835
13892023-10-20whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species65324ad616a83_20231020_054335
13902023-10-20whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species65324ad616a83_20231020_054340
13912023-10-17whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species652e3e9343c47_20231017_040128
13922023-10-17whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species652e3e9343c47_20231017_040520
13932023-10-17dist_spkml45List of datasetsList of species652ec37a47b98_20231017_133304
13942023-10-17dist_spkml45List of datasetsList of species652ec37a47b98_20231017_133305
13952023-10-17dist_spshapefile45List of datasetsList of species652ec37a47b98_20231017_133814
13962023-10-12whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species65284144db17b_20231012_145713
13972023-10-11dist_spkml46List of datasetsList of species6526cae9e3c71_20231011_122132
13982023-10-11whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species6526cdcc1530a_20231011_123650
13992023-10-09dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species652401c11ab5c_20231009_093933
14002023-10-06whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species65201f1ebd796_20231006_110855
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.