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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
4461652
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.
641588
Years 2026202520242023
5788529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv944
shapefile234
kml237
wms10
wfs10
gdb217
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)950
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
3512025-07-10whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species686f60e7b0576_20250710_025146
3522025-07-10whole_speciescsv6List of datasetsList of species686f47d3f23cd_20250710_005603
3532025-07-10whole_speciescsv3List of datasetsList of species686f47375ad34_20250710_005325
3542025-07-09dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species686e24a6b3182_20250709_042128
3552025-07-09dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species686ee13718115_20250709_174310
3562025-07-09dist_spcsv22List of datasetsList of species686e37ce5405b_20250709_055143
3572025-07-09dist_spcsv22List of datasetsList of species686e37ce5405b_20250709_055148
3582025-07-09whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species686e74225e730_20250709_095526
3592025-07-09whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species686e7961b6328_20250709_101515
3602025-07-09whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species686e7922d95d2_20250709_101449
3612025-07-09whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species686e7923a566e_20250709_101415
3622025-07-09whole_speciescsv256List of datasetsList of species686e78359e393_20250709_101123
3632025-07-09whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species686e76ee660ac_20250709_100545
3642025-07-09whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species686e76ee660ac_20250709_100542
3652025-07-09whole_speciescsv39List of datasetsList of species686e76f02025f_20250709_100448
3662025-07-09whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species686e75ebdac17_20250709_100056
3672025-07-09whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species686e75ebdac17_20250709_100058
3682025-07-09whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species686e75ebdac17_20250709_100055
3692025-07-09whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species686e74225e730_20250709_095544
3702025-07-09whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species686e74225e730_20250709_095524
3712025-07-09whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species686e74225e730_20250709_095525
3722025-07-09whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species686e74225e730_20250709_095434
3732025-07-09whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species686e74225e730_20250709_095505
3742025-07-09whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species686e74225e730_20250709_095439
3752025-07-09whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species686e74225e730_20250709_095504
3762025-07-09whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species686e74225e730_20250709_095441
3772025-07-09whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species686e74225e730_20250709_095440
3782025-07-09whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species686e79e4d1d77_20250709_102223
3792025-07-09whole_speciescsv4List of datasetsList of species686e7aea720f5_20250709_102145
3802025-07-09whole_speciescsv26List of datasetsList of species686e79cd4ecaf_20250709_101807
3812025-07-09whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species686e79d355132_20250709_101856
3822025-07-09whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species686e79283e029_20250709_101544
3832025-07-09whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species686e767a8422b_20250709_100248
3842025-07-09whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species686e758674758_20250709_095927
3852025-07-09whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species686e758674758_20250709_095920
3862025-07-09whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species686e7501075a1_20250709_095636
3872025-07-09whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species686e74225e730_20250709_095600
3882025-07-09whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species686e7449e417d_20250709_095415
3892025-07-09whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species686e74225e730_20250709_095412
3902025-07-09whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species686e74225e730_20250709_095411
3912025-07-09whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species686e7449e417d_20250709_095405
3922025-07-09whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species686e7449e417d_20250709_095406
3932025-07-07dist_spkml1194List of datasetsList of species686b8151902f0_20250707_054455
3942025-07-07whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species686bb6c9d0607_20250707_080522
3952025-07-07whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species686bb6c9d0607_20250707_080534
3962025-07-07whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species686bb6c9d0607_20250707_080704
3972025-07-05whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species68688da8c1b73_20250705_054135
3982025-07-05whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species68688da8c1b73_20250705_054127
3992025-07-04whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species6867cc4a72c9e_20250704_092114
4002025-07-04whole_speciesgdb43List of datasetsList of species6867e05cb9069_20250704_101327
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.