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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
4541695
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.
641631
Years 2026202520242023
48788529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv977
shapefile239
kml242
wms10
wfs10
gdb217
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)34
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)492
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)34
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)90
All observations of species (whole_species)983
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
3012025-09-17dist_spcsv22List of datasetsList of species68cad3c67c81a_20250917_113016
3022025-09-16dist_spshapefile707List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250916_060804
3032025-09-16dist_spwms707List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250916_060635
3042025-09-16dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250916_060217
3052025-09-16dist_spwfs707List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250916_060711
3062025-09-16whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species68c91d28c6e06_20250916_041949
3072025-09-12dist_spcsv72List of datasetsList of species68c42b5c8de59_20250912_103705
3082025-09-10whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68c1deaba8112_20250910_162717
3092025-09-09whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species68c05c50379a6_20250909_125910
3102025-09-09whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68c05c50379a6_20250909_125914
3112025-09-09dist_spcsv260List of datasetsList of species68c09efc4ed45_20250909_174455
3122025-09-09dist_spcsv260List of datasetsList of species68c09efc4ed45_20250909_174457
3132025-09-03whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species68b7e3119510e_20250903_025314
3142025-09-03whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species68b7e3119510e_20250903_024901
3152025-09-03pointsshapefile1559List of datasetsList of species68b7e3119510e_20250903_034731
3162025-09-03whole_specieskml2List of datasetsList of species68b7ad11237c6_20250902_225447
3172025-09-03whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species68b7ad11237c6_20250902_225349
3182025-09-02whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species68b72ea7a543f_20250902_135626
3192025-09-01whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68b5c62be48be_20250901_121828
3202025-09-01whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68b5ccef0dcd6_20250901_125828
3212025-08-31dist_spcsv1099List of datasetsList of species68b4a66f527ad_20250831_155407
3222025-08-31dist_spcsv1099List of datasetsList of species68b4a66f527ad_20250831_154749
3232025-08-31dist_spcsv965List of datasetsList of species68b4a66f527ad_20250831_154648
3242025-08-28whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species68b09170c3aab_20250828_134046
3252025-08-21whole_datasetgdb1948List of datasetsList of species68a67879e7fdb_20250820_215003
3262025-08-21whole_datasetwfs1948List of datasetsList of species68a67879e7fdb_20250820_215015
3272025-08-21dist_spkml33List of datasetsList of species68a6ad9cdbdd0_20250821_012510
3282025-08-20dist_sp_h3shapefile2List of datasetsList of species68a5b39ed1a32_20250820_074302
3292025-08-19dist_sp_h3shapefile20List of datasetsList of species68a44696d7cef_20250819_054206
3302025-08-19dist_sp_h3shapefile752List of datasetsList of species68a43d4ae080e_20250819_051917
3312025-08-19dist_sp_h3shapefile9List of datasetsList of species68a4459c1925b_20250819_053755
3322025-08-19dist_sp_h3shapefile752List of datasetsList of species68a43d4ae080e_20250819_052000
3332025-08-19dist_sp_h3shapefile752List of datasetsList of species68a43d4ae080e_20250819_051944
3342025-08-18whole_speciesgdb268List of datasetsList of species68a32dec1113f_20250818_094751
3352025-08-18whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species68a339213740e_20250818_103142
3362025-08-18dist_spshapefile181List of datasetsList of species68a32dec1113f_20250818_094915
3372025-08-18whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species68a33529a6aaf_20250818_101825
3382025-08-18whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species68a38913bbae2_20250818_161756
3392025-08-17whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species68a16b58d9e0d_20250817_014200
3402025-08-15dist_spcsv1628List of datasetsList of species689fae979d8cf_20250815_180657
3412025-08-15dist_spshapefile1628List of datasetsList of species689fae979d8cf_20250815_181000
3422025-08-14whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species689e6b6fee02c_20250814_190753
3432025-08-14dist_spshapefile9List of datasetsList of species689e6b6fee02c_20250814_190818
3442025-08-12whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species689b6e9b1c437_20250812_124337
3452025-08-12whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species689b6e9b1c437_20250812_124331
3462025-08-10dist_spshapefile707List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250810_080552
3472025-08-10dist_spshapefile707List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250810_080541
3482025-08-10dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250810_080611
3492025-08-10dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250810_080615
3502025-08-09dist_spshapefile707List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250809_073613
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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.