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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
3131045
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.
48997
Years 202520242023
186529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv574
shapefile132
kml169
wms1
wfs5
gdb164
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)19
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)273
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)13
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)49
All observations of species (whole_species)645
All observations in dataset (whole_dataset)43
  • 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
1512025-02-05whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species67a313fb0c922_20250205_034038
1522025-01-30whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species679b921df20cb_20250130_100329
1532025-01-29whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species67999247474be_20250128_213357
1542025-01-29whole_specieskml52List of datasetsList of species67999247474be_20250128_213348
1552025-01-29whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species67999247474be_20250128_213353
1562025-01-28whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species679935942388c_20250128_145734
1572025-01-28whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species679935942388c_20250128_145859
1582025-01-28whole_speciescsv14List of datasetsList of species679935942388c_20250128_145835
1592025-01-22dist_spkml32List of datasetsList of species6790a4894defc_20250122_034916
1602025-01-17dist_spcsv807List of datasetsList of species678aa08283a0b_20250117_135347
1612025-01-16whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species678963f63c667_20250116_145611
1622025-01-16dist_taxakml2List of datasetsList of species6788e73f7e495_20250116_060542
1632025-01-16dist_spcsv287List of datasetsList of species6788eb9fdbe8d_20250116_062229
1642025-01-16dist_spcsv287List of datasetsList of species6788eb9fdbe8d_20250116_062232
1652025-01-16whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species67892c64d9618_20250116_105746
1662025-01-16whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species67892822ef2d2_20250116_104040
1672025-01-16whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species67892822ef2d2_20250116_103946
1682025-01-16whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species6788e820a3639_20250116_061350
1692025-01-16whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species6788e820a3639_20250116_061317
1702025-01-16whole_specieskml52List of datasetsList of species6788e820a3639_20250116_061240
1712025-01-15whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species678821442ffc1_20250115_160208
1722025-01-15whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6788241b81855_20250115_161429
1732025-01-15whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species6788279a7e1b3_20250115_162835
1742025-01-15whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species67880f4c13cb1_20250115_144117
1752025-01-15whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species67880f9a171e2_20250115_144231
1762025-01-15whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species67880a6b69ae3_20250115_142642
1772025-01-15whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species67880a6b69ae3_20250115_142113
1782025-01-15dist_spcsv181List of datasetsList of species67880c2487746_20250115_142821
1792025-01-14whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species6785c1df88af3_20250113_204949
1802025-01-14dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species67869dedd5921_20250114_122624
1812025-01-12whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species67840680df916_20250112_132002
1822025-01-11whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species6781b7f62e8d3_20250110_192129
1832025-01-09whole_speciesgdb268List of datasetsList of species67801a97be6b1_20250109_140427
1842025-01-09whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species67801a97be6b1_20250109_140920
1852025-01-09whole_specieskml268List of datasetsList of species67801a97be6b1_20250109_140909
1862025-01-09whole_specieskml268List of datasetsList of species67801a97be6b1_20250109_140337
1872024-12-23dist_spkml35List of datasetsList of species6769a5459e872_20241223_130301
1882024-12-21dist_taxakml359List of datasetsList of species67662bda17774_20241220_214634
1892024-12-19whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species67648999c3639_20241219_160626
1902024-12-18dist_sp_h3shapefile175List of datasetsList of species6762c33f18f24_20241218_075048
1912024-12-18dist_sp_h3wfs175List of datasetsList of species6762c33f18f24_20241218_075154
1922024-12-18dist_sp_h3csv175List of datasetsList of species6762c33f18f24_20241218_075045
1932024-12-18dist_sp_h3csv175List of datasetsList of species6762c33f18f24_20241218_075153
1942024-12-18dist_sp_h3wms175List of datasetsList of species6762c33f18f24_20241218_075155
1952024-12-17dist_spcsv45List of datasetsList of species67619e4e6b1a2_20241217_113442
1962024-12-17dist_spcsv45List of datasetsList of species67619e4e6b1a2_20241217_113500
1972024-12-17whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species67610409227b1_20241216_235510
1982024-12-17whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species67610409227b1_20241216_235526
1992024-12-06whole_speciescsv14List of datasetsList of species674dbe368e8c6_20241206_043700
2002024-12-06whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species6752c7373887c_20241206_045844
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.