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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
5422143
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.
762067
Years 2026202520242023
496788529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv1263
shapefile297
kml301
wms16
wfs17
gdb249
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)63
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)700
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)36
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)116
All observations of species (whole_species)1156
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
18012024-01-05pointsshapefile487List of datasetsList of species659814eb115e8_20240105_133454
18022024-01-05whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species659814eb115e8_20240105_095103
18032024-01-05whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species65981cacbd51f_20240105_101424
18042024-01-05pointsshapefile917List of datasetsList of species659814eb115e8_20240105_095425
18052024-01-05pointsshapefile1029List of datasetsList of species65981ddbecec0_20240105_102514
18062024-01-04whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species6596f2fd9fa13_20240104_131446
18072024-01-04whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species6596f2fd9fa13_20240104_130839
18082024-01-04whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species6596f71e96f8d_20240104_132622
18092024-01-04whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species65966cd70f862_20240104_035713
18102024-01-03whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6595d0a01fa31_20240103_164546
18112024-01-03whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6595d0a01fa31_20240103_163429
18122024-01-03whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species6595838a58c89_20240103_144248
18132024-01-03whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species6595838a58c89_20240103_144250
18142023-12-30dist_spkml916List of datasetsList of species65905ccdc19f5_20231230_131928
18152023-12-29dist_spkml109List of datasetsList of species658ed8e099151_20231229_093839
18162023-12-28whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species658d790031719_20231228_085116
18172023-12-27whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_075232
18182023-12-27whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species658c231c40155_20231227_081824
18192023-12-27whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species658c231c40155_20231227_081741
18202023-12-27whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species658c231c40155_20231227_081703
18212023-12-27whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species658c231c40155_20231227_081632
18222023-12-27whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_075119
18232023-12-27whole_speciescsv14List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_074922
18242023-12-27whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_074846
18252023-12-27whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_074806
18262023-12-27whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_074728
18272023-12-27whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_074640
18282023-12-27whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_075429
18292023-12-27whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_075358
18302023-12-27whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_073943
18312023-12-27whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species658c1a50813e1_20231227_075039
18322023-12-20whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species65835d6c771af_20231220_163516
18332023-12-20whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species65835d6c771af_20231220_163430
18342023-12-19dist_spcsv828List of datasetsList of species6580dfc3aec33_20231218_191516
18352023-12-18whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6580ab6742c43_20231218_165639
18362023-12-18whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6580ab6742c43_20231218_163705
18372023-12-14pointscsv52List of datasetsList of species657ad2c25069b_20231214_051804
18382023-12-14dist_sp_h3shapefile45List of datasetsList of species657ad2c25069b_20231214_055107
18392023-12-14dist_sp_h3shapefile45List of datasetsList of species657ad2c25069b_20231214_050932
18402023-12-14dist_sp_h3csv45List of datasetsList of species657ad2c25069b_20231214_050927
18412023-12-13dist_spshapefile807List of datasetsList of species65792fb41d0ac_20231212_231936
18422023-12-11whole_specieskml268List of datasetsList of species6576f220b7bab_20231211_063301
18432023-12-11whole_speciesgdb268List of datasetsList of species6576f220b7bab_20231211_063256
18442023-12-11dist_spshapefile181List of datasetsList of species6576f220b7bab_20231211_064235
18452023-12-07whole_speciescsv81List of datasetsList of species657184f18a971_20231207_034419
18462023-12-07whole_speciesgdb81List of datasetsList of species657184f18a971_20231207_034424
18472023-12-04whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species656e1a3e2b8ab_20231204_133450
18482023-12-04whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species656e1a3e2b8ab_20231204_133409
18492023-12-04dist_spshapefile54List of datasetsList of species656e3abc8df39_20231204_155045
18502023-12-04dist_spshapefile9List of datasetsList of species656e278bef95c_20231204_142632
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.