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
15512023-06-02pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species6479b6030a4d5_20230602_054448
15522023-06-02dist_spshapefile181List of datasetsList of species647a87c010b75_20230602_202959
15532023-06-01pointskml4List of datasetsList of species6477175758a15_20230601_062320
15542023-06-01pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species6477175758a15_20230601_062250
15552023-06-01pointsshapefile4List of datasetsList of species6477175758a15_20230601_062311
15562023-06-01whole_speciesgdb43List of datasetsList of species64788b8f7fae6_20230601_083706
15572023-06-01whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species64788b8f7fae6_20230601_083710
15582023-05-28pointskml43List of datasetsList of species6472d668d6b1d_20230528_002741
15592023-05-28pointskml43List of datasetsList of species6472d668d6b1d_20230528_002718
15602023-05-26dist_spshapefile1449List of datasetsList of species6470f6d049eb6_20230526_153412
15612023-05-26whole_speciesgdb14List of datasetsList of species6470f6d049eb6_20230526_144316
15622023-05-26dist_spshapefile11List of datasetsList of species6470f6d049eb6_20230526_150323
15632023-05-26whole_speciescsv14List of datasetsList of species6470f6d049eb6_20230526_150139
15642023-05-26dist_spshapefile56List of datasetsList of species6470f6d049eb6_20230526_150655
15652023-05-23dist_spshapefile148List of datasetsList of species646cde1ab0bcd_20230523_114507
15662023-05-23dist_spcsv148List of datasetsList of species646cde1ab0bcd_20230523_114504
15672023-05-23dist_spcsv148List of datasetsList of species646cde1ab0bcd_20230523_114616
15682023-05-23dist_spshapefile148List of datasetsList of species646cde1ab0bcd_20230523_114617
15692023-05-20whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species64686e27257e9_20230520_025505
15702023-05-20whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6468c364d4a35_20230520_085948
15712023-05-19dist_spkml1List of datasetsList of species64676f3d69eb7_20230519_084502
15722023-05-19whole_speciescsv14List of datasetsList of species64674e740bef4_20230519_062850
15732023-05-15dist_spshapefile1400List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_195021
15742023-05-15dist_spshapefile1401List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_195317
15752023-05-15dist_spshapefile1400List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_194522
15762023-05-15dist_spshapefile1400List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_193334
15772023-05-15dist_spkml237List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_163648
15782023-05-15dist_spshapefile246List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_164439
15792023-05-15dist_spkml246List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_164122
15802023-05-15dist_spshapefile1345List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_190253
15812023-05-15dist_spshapefile1365List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_193025
15822023-05-15dist_spshapefile1354List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_192749
15832023-05-15dist_spshapefile1055List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_165044
15842023-05-15dist_spshapefile248List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_164848
15852023-05-15dist_spshapefile246List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_164606
15862023-05-15dist_spshapefile1299List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_185903
15872023-05-15dist_spshapefile1352List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_192457
15882023-05-12whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species645de9e246bba_20230512_033553
15892023-05-12whole_specieskml65List of datasetsList of species645de9e246bba_20230512_033710
15902023-05-10pointsshapefile917List of datasetsList of species645c1a0487035_20230510_182844
15912023-05-09dist_spshapefile707List of datasetsList of species645acae620047_20230509_185632
15922023-05-09dist_spshapefile707List of datasetsList of species645acae620047_20230509_185638
15932023-05-06dist_spkml181List of datasetsList of species6456ab3d993d3_20230506_153451
15942023-05-06whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species6456f46639ace_20230506_205713
15952023-05-06whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species6456f97132211_20230506_210816
15962023-05-06whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species6456f46639ace_20230506_205416
15972023-05-06whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species6456f46639ace_20230506_205905
15982023-05-06whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species645713cff0fec_20230506_235138
15992023-05-05whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species6455148e5e7fc_20230505_104517
16002023-05-01dist_spkml883List of datasetsList of species644fe083cb439_20230501_121212
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.