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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
5362108
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.
762032
Years 2026202520242023
461788529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv1235
shapefile296
kml296
wms16
wfs17
gdb248
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)61
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)693
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)36
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)116
All observations of species (whole_species)1130
All observations in dataset (whole_dataset)69
  • 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
17512024-01-23whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species65af7e4eb052e_20240123_074159
17522024-01-23whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species65af7e4eb052e_20240123_073205
17532024-01-23whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species65af7e4eb052e_20240123_082346
17542024-01-22whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species65aeef6278b20_20240122_175648
17552024-01-22whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species65aeef6278b20_20240122_174707
17562024-01-22whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species65ae872747f18_20240122_102218
17572024-01-22whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species65ae872747f18_20240122_102206
17582024-01-22whole_specieskml23List of datasetsList of species65ae872747f18_20240122_102213
17592024-01-21dist_spkml22List of datasetsList of species65ac66db8cb6f_20240120_194316
17602024-01-21dist_spkml22List of datasetsList of species65ac66db8cb6f_20240120_194320
17612024-01-15whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species65a5808f03085_20240115_140213
17622024-01-14dist_spkml807List of datasetsList of species65a3386062471_20240113_203843
17632024-01-14dist_spcsv807List of datasetsList of species65a3386062471_20240113_203834
17642024-01-14dist_spkml807List of datasetsList of species65a3386062471_20240113_203939
17652024-01-11whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species65a06ed65ed76_20240111_174449
17662024-01-05pointsshapefile487List of datasetsList of species659814eb115e8_20240105_133454
17672024-01-05whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species659814eb115e8_20240105_095103
17682024-01-05whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species65981cacbd51f_20240105_101424
17692024-01-05pointsshapefile1029List of datasetsList of species65981ddbecec0_20240105_102514
17702024-01-05pointsshapefile917List of datasetsList of species659814eb115e8_20240105_095425
17712024-01-04whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species6596f71e96f8d_20240104_132622
17722024-01-04whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species6596f2fd9fa13_20240104_131446
17732024-01-04whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species6596f2fd9fa13_20240104_130839
17742024-01-04whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species65966cd70f862_20240104_035713
17752024-01-03whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6595d0a01fa31_20240103_164546
17762024-01-03whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6595d0a01fa31_20240103_163429
17772024-01-03whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species6595838a58c89_20240103_144250
17782024-01-03whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species6595838a58c89_20240103_144248
17792023-12-30dist_spkml916List of datasetsList of species65905ccdc19f5_20231230_131928
17802023-12-29dist_spkml109List of datasetsList of species658ed8e099151_20231229_093839
17812023-12-28whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species658d790031719_20231228_085116
17822023-12-27whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species658c231c40155_20231227_081632
17832023-12-27whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species658c231c40155_20231227_081824
17842023-12-27whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species658c231c40155_20231227_081741
17852023-12-27whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species658c231c40155_20231227_081703
17862023-12-27whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_075119
17872023-12-27whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_075232
17882023-12-27whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_075429
17892023-12-27whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_075358
17902023-12-27whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_073943
17912023-12-27whole_speciescsv14List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_074922
17922023-12-27whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_074846
17932023-12-27whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_074728
17942023-12-27whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_074806
17952023-12-27whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_075039
17962023-12-27whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_074640
17972023-12-20whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species65835d6c771af_20231220_163516
17982023-12-20whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species65835d6c771af_20231220_163430
17992023-12-19dist_spcsv828List of datasetsList of species6580dfc3aec33_20231218_191516
18002023-12-18whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6580ab6742c43_20231218_165639
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.