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
2012025-10-03dist_spshapefile707List of datasetsList of species68e0553d7e791_20251003_193335
2022025-10-02whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species68ded6ec242b2_20251002_155124
2032025-10-02whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species68ded6ec242b2_20251002_155428
2042025-10-02whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species68ded6ec242b2_20251002_163252
2052025-10-01whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species68dd172e19218_20251001_081236
2062025-09-27dist_spwfs55List of datasetsList of species68d731b346d42_20250926_204441
2072025-09-27dist_spcsv55List of datasetsList of species68d731b346d42_20250926_204503
2082025-09-27dist_spshapefile55List of datasetsList of species68d731b346d42_20250926_204459
2092025-09-27dist_spkml55List of datasetsList of species68d731b346d42_20250926_204452
2102025-09-27dist_spwms55List of datasetsList of species68d731b346d42_20250926_204354
2112025-09-27dist_spwms55List of datasetsList of species68d731b346d42_20250926_204357
2122025-09-27dist_spwms55List of datasetsList of species68d731b346d42_20250926_204410
2132025-09-27dist_spwms55List of datasetsList of species68d731b346d42_20250926_204428
2142025-09-25whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68d5b38c03b3d_20250925_173248
2152025-09-25whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species68d570a23a125_20250925_124304
2162025-09-25dist_spshapefile1566List of datasetsList of species68d57ae69cacd_20250925_134341
2172025-09-25dist_spshapefile1566List of datasetsList of species68d57ae69cacd_20250925_134345
2182025-09-24whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species68d44cb71af43_20250924_161641
2192025-09-24whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species68d44cb71af43_20250924_161554
2202025-09-24dist_sp_h3shapefile3List of datasetsList of species68d46c6ad6a7d_20250924_181722
2212025-09-24dist_spshapefile22List of datasetsList of species68d44e9e4b65f_20250924_160932
2222025-09-24dist_sp_h3shapefile22List of datasetsList of species68d46c6ad6a7d_20250924_181235
2232025-09-24dist_spshapefile10List of datasetsList of species68d4510bb2726_20250924_161554
2242025-09-24dist_spshapefile35List of datasetsList of species68d4510bb2726_20250924_162047
2252025-09-24dist_spshapefile244List of datasetsList of species68d4510bb2726_20250924_161909
2262025-09-24dist_spshapefile22List of datasetsList of species68d44e9e4b65f_20250924_160930
2272025-09-24dist_sp_h3shapefile2List of datasetsList of species68d46c6ad6a7d_20250924_181451
2282025-09-24dist_sp_h3shapefile10List of datasetsList of species68d46c6ad6a7d_20250924_181404
2292025-09-24dist_sp_h3shapefile1List of datasetsList of species68d46c6ad6a7d_20250924_181840
2302025-09-24dist_sp_h3shapefile9List of datasetsList of species68d46c6ad6a7d_20250924_181542
2312025-09-24dist_spshapefile9List of datasetsList of species68d4510bb2726_20250924_161819
2322025-09-24dist_spshapefile22List of datasetsList of species68d45040458a0_20250924_161234
2332025-09-24dist_spshapefile2List of datasetsList of species68d4510bb2726_20250924_161740
2342025-09-24dist_sp_h3shapefile260List of datasetsList of species68d46c6ad6a7d_20250924_181648
2352025-09-24dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species68d4510bb2726_20250924_162124
2362025-09-24dist_spshapefile3List of datasetsList of species68d4510bb2726_20250924_162003
2372025-09-24dist_sp_h3shapefile35List of datasetsList of species68d46c6ad6a7d_20250924_181809
2382025-09-24whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species68d3f37d2cd27_20250924_102458
2392025-09-24whole_specieskml23List of datasetsList of species68d3f37d2cd27_20250924_103113
2402025-09-23dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species68d265366d959_20250923_051839
2412025-09-23dist_spkml22List of datasetsList of species68d2e221d7533_20250923_141235
2422025-09-23dist_spkml22List of datasetsList of species68d2e221d7533_20250923_141237
2432025-09-23dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250923_055143
2442025-09-23whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250923_055546
2452025-09-22whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68d19cfa38b5a_20250922_150322
2462025-09-18dist_spcsv22List of datasetsList of species68cbb8ce42657_20250918_040939
2472025-09-18dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_034428
2482025-09-18dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_032650
2492025-09-18dist_spcsv34List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_032251
2502025-09-18dist_spcsv10List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_031717
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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.