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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
4391603
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.
641539
Years 202520242023
744529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv921
shapefile232
kml217
wms10
wfs10
gdb213
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)34
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)479
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)34
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)90
All observations of species (whole_species)904
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
14512023-06-16pointscsv268List of datasetsList of species648ca06de8550_20230616_151733
14522023-06-15whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species648b395624b9a_20230615_122054
14532023-06-13whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species64885ca1287b9_20230613_091645
14542023-06-13whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species64885ca1287b9_20230613_083740
14552023-06-13whole_speciescsv26List of datasetsList of species64885ca1287b9_20230613_090222
14562023-06-13whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species64885ca1287b9_20230613_083153
14572023-06-13whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species64885ca1287b9_20230613_083003
14582023-06-13whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species64885ca1287b9_20230613_083833
14592023-06-13whole_speciescsv14List of datasetsList of species64885ca1287b9_20230613_083758
14602023-06-13whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species64885ca1287b9_20230613_083936
14612023-06-13whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species64885ca1287b9_20230613_083713
14622023-06-13whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species64885ca1287b9_20230613_083348
14632023-06-13whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species64885ca1287b9_20230613_083443
14642023-06-13whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species64885ca1287b9_20230613_082923
14652023-06-13whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species64885ca1287b9_20230613_083635
14662023-06-13whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species64885ca1287b9_20230613_081148
14672023-06-13dist_spcsv1506List of datasetsList of species64885747e24b9_20230613_080149
14682023-06-13whole_speciesgdb7List of datasetsList of species64882c8e734dd_20230613_045019
14692023-06-13whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species64882c8e734dd_20230613_045015
14702023-06-12whole_specieskml52List of datasetsList of species6487c05d5e1ef_20230612_210905
14712023-06-12whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species6487c05d5e1ef_20230612_210848
14722023-06-05whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species647de93e74e0a_20230605_100027
14732023-06-05whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species647de93e74e0a_20230605_100559
14742023-06-05whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species647de93e74e0a_20230605_095942
14752023-06-02pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species6479b6030a4d5_20230602_054448
14762023-06-02dist_spshapefile181List of datasetsList of species647a87c010b75_20230602_202959
14772023-06-01pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species6477175758a15_20230601_062250
14782023-06-01pointskml4List of datasetsList of species6477175758a15_20230601_062320
14792023-06-01pointsshapefile4List of datasetsList of species6477175758a15_20230601_062311
14802023-06-01whole_speciesgdb43List of datasetsList of species64788b8f7fae6_20230601_083706
14812023-06-01whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species64788b8f7fae6_20230601_083710
14822023-05-28pointskml43List of datasetsList of species6472d668d6b1d_20230528_002741
14832023-05-28pointskml43List of datasetsList of species6472d668d6b1d_20230528_002718
14842023-05-26dist_spshapefile1449List of datasetsList of species6470f6d049eb6_20230526_153412
14852023-05-26dist_spshapefile56List of datasetsList of species6470f6d049eb6_20230526_150655
14862023-05-26dist_spshapefile11List of datasetsList of species6470f6d049eb6_20230526_150323
14872023-05-26whole_speciescsv14List of datasetsList of species6470f6d049eb6_20230526_150139
14882023-05-26whole_speciesgdb14List of datasetsList of species6470f6d049eb6_20230526_144316
14892023-05-23dist_spcsv148List of datasetsList of species646cde1ab0bcd_20230523_114504
14902023-05-23dist_spshapefile148List of datasetsList of species646cde1ab0bcd_20230523_114617
14912023-05-23dist_spcsv148List of datasetsList of species646cde1ab0bcd_20230523_114616
14922023-05-23dist_spshapefile148List of datasetsList of species646cde1ab0bcd_20230523_114507
14932023-05-20whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species64686e27257e9_20230520_025505
14942023-05-20whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6468c364d4a35_20230520_085948
14952023-05-19dist_spkml1List of datasetsList of species64676f3d69eb7_20230519_084502
14962023-05-19whole_speciescsv14List of datasetsList of species64674e740bef4_20230519_062850
14972023-05-15dist_spshapefile1401List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_195317
14982023-05-15dist_spshapefile1400List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_195021
14992023-05-15dist_spshapefile1400List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_194522
15002023-05-15dist_spshapefile1400List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_193334
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.