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
15512023-05-15dist_spshapefile1354List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_192749
15522023-05-15dist_spshapefile1352List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_192457
15532023-05-15dist_spshapefile1345List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_190253
15542023-05-15dist_spshapefile1299List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_185903
15552023-05-15dist_spshapefile248List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_164848
15562023-05-15dist_spshapefile246List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_164606
15572023-05-15dist_spshapefile1365List of datasetsList of species6462910aba9c5_20230515_193025
15582023-05-12whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species645de9e246bba_20230512_033553
15592023-05-12whole_specieskml65List of datasetsList of species645de9e246bba_20230512_033710
15602023-05-10pointsshapefile917List of datasetsList of species645c1a0487035_20230510_182844
15612023-05-09dist_spshapefile707List of datasetsList of species645acae620047_20230509_185632
15622023-05-09dist_spshapefile707List of datasetsList of species645acae620047_20230509_185638
15632023-05-06dist_spkml181List of datasetsList of species6456ab3d993d3_20230506_153451
15642023-05-06whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species6456f97132211_20230506_210816
15652023-05-06whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species6456f46639ace_20230506_205905
15662023-05-06whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species6456f46639ace_20230506_205713
15672023-05-06whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species6456f46639ace_20230506_205416
15682023-05-06whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species645713cff0fec_20230506_235138
15692023-05-05whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species6455148e5e7fc_20230505_104517
15702023-05-01dist_spkml883List of datasetsList of species644fe083cb439_20230501_121212
15712023-04-27whole_specieskml65List of datasetsList of species644afb41ab8b8_20230427_185243
15722023-04-25whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species6447b9e1e3164_20230425_074005
15732023-04-25whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species6447b9e1e3164_20230425_074542
15742023-04-25whole_specieskml917List of datasetsList of species6447b9e1e3164_20230425_085614
15752023-04-25whole_speciesgdb43List of datasetsList of species644810c80edfc_20230425_135332
15762023-04-24dist_spkml181List of datasetsList of species644602c6c875f_20230424_002850
15772023-04-24dist_spkml181List of datasetsList of species644602c6c875f_20230424_002856
15782023-04-22whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species644386747fa8b_20230422_030741
15792023-04-11dist_spshapefile9List of datasetsList of species643586b95e244_20230411_121657
15802023-04-11dist_spcsv807List of datasetsList of species643573cbba126_20230411_105837
15812023-04-11dist_spcsv828List of datasetsList of species643597cdb6cc4_20230411_142421
15822023-04-11dist_spcsv807List of datasetsList of species643573cbba126_20230411_105832
15832023-04-11dist_spcsv807List of datasetsList of species643573cbba126_20230411_105840
15842023-04-11pointskml917List of datasetsList of species6436009495667_20230411_205401
15852023-04-02dist_spkml707List of datasetsList of species64294cf4d6e88_20230402_053832
15862023-04-02pointsshapefile52List of datasetsList of species64299f3453b07_20230402_114200
15872023-03-29dist_spshapefile256List of datasetsList of species6424c7d31729d_20230329_194349
15882023-03-29dist_spshapefile108List of datasetsList of species6424c296bda0b_20230329_193340
15892023-03-29dist_spshapefile108List of datasetsList of species6424c296bda0b_20230329_193104
15902023-03-29dist_spshapefile108List of datasetsList of species6424c296bda0b_20230329_193049
15912023-03-29dist_spshapefile108List of datasetsList of species6424c296bda0b_20230329_193005
15922023-03-29dist_spshapefile108List of datasetsList of species6424c296bda0b_20230329_193033
15932023-03-29whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species6424c296bda0b_20230329_192541
15942023-03-27pointsshapefile52List of datasetsList of species6421e61734cfd_20230327_153717
15952023-03-23dist_spshapefile46List of datasetsList of species641cbe5e7d9df_20230323_170822
15962023-03-23dist_spcsv46List of datasetsList of species641cbe5e7d9df_20230323_170959
15972023-03-21dist_spshapefile46List of datasetsList of species6419b0c3a0bbe_20230321_093424
15982023-03-20dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species64184cf34a1e2_20230320_081054
15992023-03-19dist_spcsv181List of datasetsList of species6417c9aaaa3c3_20230319_225315
16002023-03-19whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species64176c667da55_20230319_161521
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.