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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
5182033
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.
681965
Years 2026202520242023
386788529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv1198
shapefile290
kml277
wms16
wfs15
gdb237
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)50
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)672
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)36
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)113
All observations of species (whole_species)1098
All observations in dataset (whole_dataset)61
  • 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
3512026-02-10whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species698a9836a8d75_20260209_213500
3522026-02-10whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species698a9e1450e0e_20260209_220518
3532026-02-10whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species698a9e1450e0e_20260209_220036
3542026-02-10whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species698aa75d73e3a_20260209_225903
3552026-02-07whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species69868a774ba63_20260206_194426
3562026-02-05whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species6984dbc9f2aa4_20260205_132231
3572026-02-05dist_spkml1666List of datasetsList of species6984ac0ed9f55_20260205_094207
3582026-02-05whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species6984eba35dcb1_20260205_150753
3592026-02-05whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6984eba35dcb1_20260205_150721
3602026-02-05whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species6984eba35dcb1_20260205_142335
3612026-02-05whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species6984eba35dcb1_20260205_150007
3622026-02-05whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6984eba35dcb1_20260205_150818
3632026-02-05whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species6984eba35dcb1_20260205_150858
3642026-02-05whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species6984eba35dcb1_20260205_150924
3652026-02-05whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species698454e4a432e_20260205_033055
3662026-02-05whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species698454e4a432e_20260205_033223
3672026-02-05whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species698454e4a432e_20260205_033529
3682026-02-05whole_speciescsv256List of datasetsList of species698454e4a432e_20260205_033333
3692026-02-02dist_spkml155List of datasetsList of species698023a81a71d_20260201_232745
3702026-02-02dist_spcsv155List of datasetsList of species698023a81a71d_20260201_232729
3712026-01-28whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species6973f10ea4683_20260128_182426
3722026-01-27dist_spshapefile10List of datasetsList of species697894d8054b3_20260127_053607
3732026-01-27whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species69792a3f4974c_20260127_162419
3742026-01-27whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species6973f10ea4683_20260127_165635
3752026-01-27whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6973f10ea4683_20260126_210650
3762026-01-26whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species6973f10ea4683_20260126_144629
3772026-01-26whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6973f10ea4683_20260126_175925
3782026-01-23whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species6973f10ea4683_20260123_171906
3792026-01-23dist_spshapefile1449List of datasetsList of species6973611f748a3_20260123_065501
3802026-01-23dist_spshapefile1449List of datasetsList of species6973611f748a3_20260123_065506
3812026-01-23dist_spshapefile1449List of datasetsList of species6973611f748a3_20260123_065515
3822026-01-15whole_speciesgdb268List of datasetsList of species69690a36d465a_20260115_121046
3832026-01-14whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species6967d49fefc91_20260114_124954
3842026-01-12whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species69643df210c4e_20260111_192329
3852026-01-08whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species695eac7b04021_20260108_050106
3862026-01-07whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species695e86ae35a6c_20260107_111800
3872025-12-29whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species6952e5cf6218b_20251229_153452
3882025-12-29whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species6952e6809dec1_20251229_153810
3892025-12-29whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6952e494dc895_20251229_153001
3902025-12-29whole_specieskml917List of datasetsList of species6952e3e6dfccd_20251229_152654
3912025-12-29whole_specieskml268List of datasetsList of species6952e6809dec1_20251229_153800
3922025-12-29whole_specieskml43List of datasetsList of species6952e5cf6218b_20251229_153443
3932025-12-29whole_specieskml15List of datasetsList of species6952e494dc895_20251229_152955
3942025-12-29whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species6952e3e6dfccd_20251229_152701
3952025-12-23whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species694a31f98a00c_20251223_011146
3962025-12-23whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species694ade9672f48_20251223_134132
3972025-12-23whole_specieskml268List of datasetsList of species694adaae1d5d7_20251223_130915
3982025-12-23whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species694adaae1d5d7_20251223_130931
3992025-12-23whole_specieskml43List of datasetsList of species694adee0e511a_20251223_135014
4002025-12-23whole_specieskml43List of datasetsList of species694adeaddc44e_20251223_134237
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.