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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
3511256
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.
561200
Years 202520242023
397529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv722
shapefile150
kml191
wms1
wfs6
gdb186
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)24
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)343
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)13
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)74
All observations of species (whole_species)748
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
3512025-02-09whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species67a8c43fc240e_20250209_100716
3522025-02-09whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species67a8bf8308c97_20250209_094931
3532025-02-09whole_specieskml9List of datasetsList of species67a8c43fc240e_20250209_100748
3542025-02-09whole_specieskml52List of datasetsList of species67a8bf8308c97_20250209_095639
3552025-02-09dist_spcsv54List of datasetsList of species67a8e94d20249_20250209_124538
3562025-02-07whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species67a5ecbdd2d65_20250207_063458
3572025-02-06dist_spkml5List of datasetsList of species67a490bd8f9a0_20250206_054404
3582025-02-06whole_speciescsv256List of datasetsList of species67a45a657a9fc_20250206_015133
3592025-02-05pointsshapefile1948List of datasetsList of species67a27ba289c31_20250204_215252
3602025-02-05pointsshapefile43List of datasetsList of species67a35a2121c10_20250205_075033
3612025-02-05dist_spkml11List of datasetsList of species67a3c2db44cb3_20250205_150456
3622025-02-05whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species67a313fb0c922_20250205_034038
3632025-01-30whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species679b921df20cb_20250130_100329
3642025-01-29whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species67999247474be_20250128_213353
3652025-01-29whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species67999247474be_20250128_213357
3662025-01-29whole_specieskml52List of datasetsList of species67999247474be_20250128_213348
3672025-01-28whole_speciescsv14List of datasetsList of species679935942388c_20250128_145835
3682025-01-28whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species679935942388c_20250128_145859
3692025-01-28whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species679935942388c_20250128_145734
3702025-01-22dist_spkml32List of datasetsList of species6790a4894defc_20250122_034916
3712025-01-17dist_spcsv807List of datasetsList of species678aa08283a0b_20250117_135347
3722025-01-16whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species678963f63c667_20250116_145611
3732025-01-16dist_taxakml2List of datasetsList of species6788e73f7e495_20250116_060542
3742025-01-16dist_spcsv287List of datasetsList of species6788eb9fdbe8d_20250116_062232
3752025-01-16dist_spcsv287List of datasetsList of species6788eb9fdbe8d_20250116_062229
3762025-01-16whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species67892822ef2d2_20250116_104040
3772025-01-16whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species67892822ef2d2_20250116_103946
3782025-01-16whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species67892c64d9618_20250116_105746
3792025-01-16whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species6788e820a3639_20250116_061317
3802025-01-16whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species6788e820a3639_20250116_061350
3812025-01-16whole_specieskml52List of datasetsList of species6788e820a3639_20250116_061240
3822025-01-15whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species678821442ffc1_20250115_160208
3832025-01-15whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6788241b81855_20250115_161429
3842025-01-15whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species6788279a7e1b3_20250115_162835
3852025-01-15whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species67880a6b69ae3_20250115_142113
3862025-01-15whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species67880a6b69ae3_20250115_142642
3872025-01-15whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species67880f9a171e2_20250115_144231
3882025-01-15dist_spcsv181List of datasetsList of species67880c2487746_20250115_142821
3892025-01-15whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species67880f4c13cb1_20250115_144117
3902025-01-14whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species6785c1df88af3_20250113_204949
3912025-01-14dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species67869dedd5921_20250114_122624
3922025-01-12whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species67840680df916_20250112_132002
3932025-01-11whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species6781b7f62e8d3_20250110_192129
3942025-01-09whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species67801a97be6b1_20250109_140920
3952025-01-09whole_specieskml268List of datasetsList of species67801a97be6b1_20250109_140909
3962025-01-09whole_speciesgdb268List of datasetsList of species67801a97be6b1_20250109_140427
3972025-01-09whole_specieskml268List of datasetsList of species67801a97be6b1_20250109_140337
3982024-12-23dist_spkml35List of datasetsList of species6769a5459e872_20241223_130301
3992024-12-21dist_taxakml359List of datasetsList of species67662bda17774_20241220_214634
4002024-12-19whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species67648999c3639_20241219_160626
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.