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
14012023-10-03whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species651c093353916_20231003_094459
14022023-10-02dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species651b4bd5e8581_20231002_190217
14032023-09-28whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species65155c663aafc_20230928_070157
14042023-09-28whole_specieskml43List of datasetsList of species65155c663aafc_20230928_070139
14052023-09-28whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6515539378996_20230928_062506
14062023-09-28whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species651583ef80fa7_20230928_094833
14072023-09-28whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species6515341d17743_20230928_043325
14082023-09-28whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6515341d17743_20230928_091244
14092023-09-25whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species65115c60031bb_20230925_063122
14102023-09-25whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species65118458aca50_20230925_092148
14112023-09-22whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species650d513c46616_20230922_055612
14122023-09-22whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species650d513c46616_20230922_054026
14132023-09-20whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species650acf1c0ea89_20230920_065628
14142023-09-20whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_070506
14152023-09-20whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_071330
14162023-09-20whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_071248
14172023-09-20whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_071059
14182023-09-20whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_070932
14192023-09-20whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_070638
14202023-09-20whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_070012
14212023-09-20whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_065858
14222023-09-20whole_speciescsv3List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_070237
14232023-09-20whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species650acc2354f96_20230920_064916
14242023-09-20whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species650acc2354f96_20230920_064530
14252023-09-19whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species65097a7ca6fdf_20230919_064850
14262023-09-19whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species65097a7ca6fdf_20230919_064858
14272023-09-19dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species6509792757183_20230919_063940
14282023-09-19dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species6509792757183_20230919_064841
14292023-09-19dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species6509792757183_20230919_064521
14302023-09-18dist_spkml46List of datasetsList of species65087e6c22fd8_20230918_125243
14312023-09-18dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species6508f34525502_20230918_210342
14322023-09-17whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species6506837f5d95d_20230917_004851
14332023-09-14whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6503366e2a46d_20230914_124000
14342023-09-05dist_spcsv379List of datasetsList of species64f73031c1008_20230905_095021
14352023-09-01whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species64f1f9ea6df0d_20230901_104930
14362023-09-01whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species64f202e360473_20230901_113139
14372023-09-01whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species64f202e360473_20230901_112748
14382023-09-01whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species64f1fa6bc2524_20230901_105137
14392023-09-01whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species64f20016a992e_20230901_111555
14402023-09-01whole_speciesshapefile65List of datasetsList of species64f1f54e36202_20230901_103538
14412023-09-01whole_speciesshapefile268List of datasetsList of species64f1f54e36202_20230901_103127
14422023-09-01whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species64f1ef3934965_20230901_101340
14432023-09-01whole_speciesgdb268List of datasetsList of species64f204b6ee96e_20230901_113624
14442023-08-31pointskml84List of datasetsList of species64ee146c73474_20230831_122158
14452023-08-31dist_spshapefile22List of datasetsList of species64f0b75387a90_20230831_120147
14462023-08-31dist_spshapefile22List of datasetsList of species64f0b75387a90_20230831_120753
14472023-08-30pointsshapefile256List of datasetsList of species64f006b1a9c43_20230830_234217
14482023-08-30pointskml256List of datasetsList of species64f006b1a9c43_20230830_233808
14492023-08-30pointskml256List of datasetsList of species64f006b1a9c43_20230830_233939
14502023-08-30pointskml256List of datasetsList of species64f006b1a9c43_20230830_234434
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.