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
14012023-11-14pointsshapefile52List of datasetsList of species6552d868d5fc9_20231113_211831
14022023-11-14whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species6553f3fab4e00_20231114_172912
14032023-11-14whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species6552a4115ad8d_20231113_191612
14042023-11-14whole_specieskml52List of datasetsList of species6552a4115ad8d_20231113_192149
14052023-11-13whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species6552a272249b3_20231113_173051
14062023-11-12dist_spshapefile45List of datasetsList of species6551640cb154c_20231112_185043
14072023-11-10dist_sp_h3shapefile2List of datasetsList of species654eb03b7d83e_20231110_174425
14082023-11-10dist_sp_h3csv2List of datasetsList of species654eb03b7d83e_20231110_174347
14092023-11-10whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species654de7a939128_20231110_032100
14102023-11-08whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species654be4796dec3_20231108_145146
14112023-11-08whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species654be4796dec3_20231108_145130
14122023-11-07whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species654a38a1cf3e1_20231107_100252
14132023-11-07whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species654a38a1cf3e1_20231107_084438
14142023-11-07whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species654a38a1cf3e1_20231107_094245
14152023-11-07whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species6549e2faf343d_20231107_022215
14162023-11-03whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species654467b979c42_20231102_232643
14172023-11-01whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species654262b438480_20231101_104835
14182023-11-01whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species654262b438480_20231101_104741
14192023-10-20whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species65324ad616a83_20231020_054340
14202023-10-20whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species65324ad616a83_20231020_054335
14212023-10-17whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species652e3e9343c47_20231017_040520
14222023-10-17whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species652e3e9343c47_20231017_040128
14232023-10-17dist_spshapefile45List of datasetsList of species652ec37a47b98_20231017_133814
14242023-10-17dist_spkml45List of datasetsList of species652ec37a47b98_20231017_133304
14252023-10-17dist_spkml45List of datasetsList of species652ec37a47b98_20231017_133305
14262023-10-12whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species65284144db17b_20231012_145713
14272023-10-11dist_spkml46List of datasetsList of species6526cae9e3c71_20231011_122132
14282023-10-11whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species6526cdcc1530a_20231011_123650
14292023-10-09dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species652401c11ab5c_20231009_093933
14302023-10-06whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species65201f1ebd796_20231006_110855
14312023-10-03whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species651c093353916_20231003_094459
14322023-10-02dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species651b4bd5e8581_20231002_190217
14332023-09-28whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species65155c663aafc_20230928_070157
14342023-09-28whole_specieskml43List of datasetsList of species65155c663aafc_20230928_070139
14352023-09-28whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6515539378996_20230928_062506
14362023-09-28whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species6515341d17743_20230928_043325
14372023-09-28whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species651583ef80fa7_20230928_094833
14382023-09-28whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6515341d17743_20230928_091244
14392023-09-25whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species65118458aca50_20230925_092148
14402023-09-25whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species65115c60031bb_20230925_063122
14412023-09-22whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species650d513c46616_20230922_055612
14422023-09-22whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species650d513c46616_20230922_054026
14432023-09-20whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species650acc2354f96_20230920_064916
14442023-09-20whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_070932
14452023-09-20whole_speciescsv3List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_070237
14462023-09-20whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species650acf1c0ea89_20230920_065628
14472023-09-20whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_070012
14482023-09-20whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_070638
14492023-09-20whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_065858
14502023-09-20whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_071330
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.