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
2512025-09-18dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_032650
2522025-09-18dist_spcsv10List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_031717
2532025-09-18dist_spcsv181List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_031126
2542025-09-18dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_034515
2552025-09-17dist_spcsv22List of datasetsList of species68cad3c67c81a_20250917_113016
2562025-09-16dist_spwfs707List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250916_060711
2572025-09-16dist_spwms707List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250916_060635
2582025-09-16dist_spshapefile707List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250916_060804
2592025-09-16dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250916_060217
2602025-09-16whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species68c91d28c6e06_20250916_041949
2612025-09-12dist_spcsv72List of datasetsList of species68c42b5c8de59_20250912_103705
2622025-09-10whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68c1deaba8112_20250910_162717
2632025-09-09whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68c05c50379a6_20250909_125914
2642025-09-09whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species68c05c50379a6_20250909_125910
2652025-09-09dist_spcsv260List of datasetsList of species68c09efc4ed45_20250909_174455
2662025-09-09dist_spcsv260List of datasetsList of species68c09efc4ed45_20250909_174457
2672025-09-03pointsshapefile1559List of datasetsList of species68b7e3119510e_20250903_034731
2682025-09-03whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species68b7e3119510e_20250903_025314
2692025-09-03whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species68b7e3119510e_20250903_024901
2702025-09-03whole_specieskml2List of datasetsList of species68b7ad11237c6_20250902_225447
2712025-09-03whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species68b7ad11237c6_20250902_225349
2722025-09-02whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species68b72ea7a543f_20250902_135626
2732025-09-01whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68b5c62be48be_20250901_121828
2742025-09-01whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68b5ccef0dcd6_20250901_125828
2752025-08-31dist_spcsv1099List of datasetsList of species68b4a66f527ad_20250831_155407
2762025-08-31dist_spcsv1099List of datasetsList of species68b4a66f527ad_20250831_154749
2772025-08-31dist_spcsv965List of datasetsList of species68b4a66f527ad_20250831_154648
2782025-08-28whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species68b09170c3aab_20250828_134046
2792025-08-21whole_datasetwfs1948List of datasetsList of species68a67879e7fdb_20250820_215015
2802025-08-21whole_datasetgdb1948List of datasetsList of species68a67879e7fdb_20250820_215003
2812025-08-21dist_spkml33List of datasetsList of species68a6ad9cdbdd0_20250821_012510
2822025-08-20dist_sp_h3shapefile2List of datasetsList of species68a5b39ed1a32_20250820_074302
2832025-08-19dist_sp_h3shapefile752List of datasetsList of species68a43d4ae080e_20250819_052000
2842025-08-19dist_sp_h3shapefile752List of datasetsList of species68a43d4ae080e_20250819_051944
2852025-08-19dist_sp_h3shapefile20List of datasetsList of species68a44696d7cef_20250819_054206
2862025-08-19dist_sp_h3shapefile752List of datasetsList of species68a43d4ae080e_20250819_051917
2872025-08-19dist_sp_h3shapefile9List of datasetsList of species68a4459c1925b_20250819_053755
2882025-08-18dist_spshapefile181List of datasetsList of species68a32dec1113f_20250818_094915
2892025-08-18whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species68a339213740e_20250818_103142
2902025-08-18whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species68a33529a6aaf_20250818_101825
2912025-08-18whole_speciesgdb268List of datasetsList of species68a32dec1113f_20250818_094751
2922025-08-18whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species68a38913bbae2_20250818_161756
2932025-08-17whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species68a16b58d9e0d_20250817_014200
2942025-08-15dist_spshapefile1628List of datasetsList of species689fae979d8cf_20250815_181000
2952025-08-15dist_spcsv1628List of datasetsList of species689fae979d8cf_20250815_180657
2962025-08-14whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species689e6b6fee02c_20250814_190753
2972025-08-14dist_spshapefile9List of datasetsList of species689e6b6fee02c_20250814_190818
2982025-08-12whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species689b6e9b1c437_20250812_124331
2992025-08-12whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species689b6e9b1c437_20250812_124337
3002025-08-10dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250810_080611
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.