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
13512023-12-29dist_spkml109List of datasetsList of species658ed8e099151_20231229_093839
13522023-12-28whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species658d790031719_20231228_085116
13532023-12-27whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_075232
13542023-12-27whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species658c231c40155_20231227_081824
13552023-12-27whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species658c231c40155_20231227_081741
13562023-12-27whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species658c231c40155_20231227_081703
13572023-12-27whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species658c231c40155_20231227_081632
13582023-12-27whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_075119
13592023-12-27whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_075358
13602023-12-27whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_075039
13612023-12-27whole_speciescsv14List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_074922
13622023-12-27whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_074846
13632023-12-27whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_074806
13642023-12-27whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_074728
13652023-12-27whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_074640
13662023-12-27whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_075429
13672023-12-27whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_073943
13682023-12-20whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species65835d6c771af_20231220_163430
13692023-12-20whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species65835d6c771af_20231220_163516
13702023-12-19dist_spcsv828List of datasetsList of species6580dfc3aec33_20231218_191516
13712023-12-18whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6580ab6742c43_20231218_163705
13722023-12-18whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6580ab6742c43_20231218_165639
13732023-12-14dist_sp_h3shapefile45List of datasetsList of species657ad2c25069b_20231214_050932
13742023-12-14dist_sp_h3csv45List of datasetsList of species657ad2c25069b_20231214_050927
13752023-12-14pointscsv52List of datasetsList of species657ad2c25069b_20231214_051804
13762023-12-14dist_sp_h3shapefile45List of datasetsList of species657ad2c25069b_20231214_055107
13772023-12-13dist_spshapefile807List of datasetsList of species65792fb41d0ac_20231212_231936
13782023-12-11dist_spshapefile181List of datasetsList of species6576f220b7bab_20231211_064235
13792023-12-11whole_speciesgdb268List of datasetsList of species6576f220b7bab_20231211_063256
13802023-12-11whole_specieskml268List of datasetsList of species6576f220b7bab_20231211_063301
13812023-12-07whole_speciescsv81List of datasetsList of species657184f18a971_20231207_034419
13822023-12-07whole_speciesgdb81List of datasetsList of species657184f18a971_20231207_034424
13832023-12-04whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species656e1a3e2b8ab_20231204_133409
13842023-12-04whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species656e1a3e2b8ab_20231204_133450
13852023-12-04dist_spshapefile9List of datasetsList of species656e278bef95c_20231204_142632
13862023-12-04dist_spshapefile54List of datasetsList of species656e3abc8df39_20231204_155045
13872023-11-30whole_speciesgdb256List of datasetsList of species656843834061f_20231130_031517
13882023-11-27dist_spcsv155List of datasetsList of species65651c6423bc0_20231127_174935
13892023-11-24whole_speciesgdb256List of datasetsList of species65601bb2a85c4_20231123_224622
13902023-11-24whole_speciescsv256List of datasetsList of species65601bb2a85c4_20231123_224621
13912023-11-24whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6560c94b349dd_20231124_114522
13922023-11-24whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6560c94b349dd_20231124_114925
13932023-11-21whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species655bbda67ed6f_20231120_191638
13942023-11-21whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species655cf264534b8_20231121_134440
13952023-11-21whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species655cf264534b8_20231121_134437
13962023-11-20whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species655bbda67ed6f_20231120_151332
13972023-11-20dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species655ad17d8d7dd_20231119_223413
13982023-11-14dist_spshapefile46List of datasetsList of species6552d130ed5ca_20231113_204956
13992023-11-14pointsshapefile52List of datasetsList of species6552d868d5fc9_20231113_211831
14002023-11-14pointsshapefile52List of datasetsList of species6552d868d5fc9_20231113_212239
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.