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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
3441202
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.
561146
Years 202520242023
343529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv681
shapefile149
kml186
wms1
wfs5
gdb180
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)22
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)333
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)13
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)73
All observations of species (whole_species)707
All observations in dataset (whole_dataset)51
  • 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
3012025-02-09dist_spcsv54List of datasetsList of species67a8e94d20249_20250209_124538
3022025-02-07whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species67a5ecbdd2d65_20250207_063458
3032025-02-06dist_spkml5List of datasetsList of species67a490bd8f9a0_20250206_054404
3042025-02-06whole_speciescsv256List of datasetsList of species67a45a657a9fc_20250206_015133
3052025-02-05pointsshapefile1948List of datasetsList of species67a27ba289c31_20250204_215252
3062025-02-05pointsshapefile43List of datasetsList of species67a35a2121c10_20250205_075033
3072025-02-05dist_spkml11List of datasetsList of species67a3c2db44cb3_20250205_150456
3082025-02-05whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species67a313fb0c922_20250205_034038
3092025-01-30whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species679b921df20cb_20250130_100329
3102025-01-29whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species67999247474be_20250128_213357
3112025-01-29whole_specieskml52List of datasetsList of species67999247474be_20250128_213348
3122025-01-29whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species67999247474be_20250128_213353
3132025-01-28whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species679935942388c_20250128_145734
3142025-01-28whole_speciescsv14List of datasetsList of species679935942388c_20250128_145835
3152025-01-28whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species679935942388c_20250128_145859
3162025-01-22dist_spkml32List of datasetsList of species6790a4894defc_20250122_034916
3172025-01-17dist_spcsv807List of datasetsList of species678aa08283a0b_20250117_135347
3182025-01-16whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species678963f63c667_20250116_145611
3192025-01-16dist_taxakml2List of datasetsList of species6788e73f7e495_20250116_060542
3202025-01-16dist_spcsv287List of datasetsList of species6788eb9fdbe8d_20250116_062229
3212025-01-16dist_spcsv287List of datasetsList of species6788eb9fdbe8d_20250116_062232
3222025-01-16whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species67892822ef2d2_20250116_103946
3232025-01-16whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species67892822ef2d2_20250116_104040
3242025-01-16whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species67892c64d9618_20250116_105746
3252025-01-16whole_specieskml52List of datasetsList of species6788e820a3639_20250116_061240
3262025-01-16whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species6788e820a3639_20250116_061350
3272025-01-16whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species6788e820a3639_20250116_061317
3282025-01-15whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species6788279a7e1b3_20250115_162835
3292025-01-15whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species678821442ffc1_20250115_160208
3302025-01-15whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6788241b81855_20250115_161429
3312025-01-15whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species67880f9a171e2_20250115_144231
3322025-01-15whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species67880a6b69ae3_20250115_142642
3332025-01-15dist_spcsv181List of datasetsList of species67880c2487746_20250115_142821
3342025-01-15whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species67880a6b69ae3_20250115_142113
3352025-01-15whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species67880f4c13cb1_20250115_144117
3362025-01-14whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species6785c1df88af3_20250113_204949
3372025-01-14dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species67869dedd5921_20250114_122624
3382025-01-12whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species67840680df916_20250112_132002
3392025-01-11whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species6781b7f62e8d3_20250110_192129
3402025-01-09whole_speciesgdb268List of datasetsList of species67801a97be6b1_20250109_140427
3412025-01-09whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species67801a97be6b1_20250109_140920
3422025-01-09whole_specieskml268List of datasetsList of species67801a97be6b1_20250109_140337
3432025-01-09whole_specieskml268List of datasetsList of species67801a97be6b1_20250109_140909
3442024-12-23dist_spkml35List of datasetsList of species6769a5459e872_20241223_130301
3452024-12-21dist_taxakml359List of datasetsList of species67662bda17774_20241220_214634
3462024-12-19whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species67648999c3639_20241219_160626
3472024-12-18dist_sp_h3csv175List of datasetsList of species6762c33f18f24_20241218_075045
3482024-12-18dist_sp_h3wfs175List of datasetsList of species6762c33f18f24_20241218_075154
3492024-12-18dist_sp_h3wms175List of datasetsList of species6762c33f18f24_20241218_075155
3502024-12-18dist_sp_h3csv175List of datasetsList of species6762c33f18f24_20241218_075153
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.