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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
4531691
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.
641627
Years 2026202520242023
44788529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv977
shapefile238
kml239
wms10
wfs10
gdb217
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)34
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)489
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)34
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)90
All observations of species (whole_species)982
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
4012025-07-09whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species686e7923a566e_20250709_101415
4022025-07-09whole_speciescsv256List of datasetsList of species686e78359e393_20250709_101123
4032025-07-09whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species686e76ee660ac_20250709_100545
4042025-07-09whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species686e74225e730_20250709_095544
4052025-07-09whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species686e74225e730_20250709_095524
4062025-07-09whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species686e74225e730_20250709_095526
4072025-07-09whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species686e74225e730_20250709_095525
4082025-07-09whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species686e74225e730_20250709_095434
4092025-07-09whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species686e74225e730_20250709_095505
4102025-07-09whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species686e74225e730_20250709_095439
4112025-07-09whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species686e74225e730_20250709_095504
4122025-07-09whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species686e767a8422b_20250709_100248
4132025-07-09whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species686e74225e730_20250709_095412
4142025-07-09whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species686e7449e417d_20250709_095406
4152025-07-09whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species686e7449e417d_20250709_095415
4162025-07-09whole_speciescsv39List of datasetsList of species686e76f02025f_20250709_100448
4172025-07-09whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species686e76ee660ac_20250709_100542
4182025-07-09whole_speciescsv4List of datasetsList of species686e7aea720f5_20250709_102145
4192025-07-09whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species686e79e4d1d77_20250709_102223
4202025-07-09whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species686e7449e417d_20250709_095405
4212025-07-09whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species686e74225e730_20250709_095411
4222025-07-09whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species686e75ebdac17_20250709_100058
4232025-07-09whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species686e79283e029_20250709_101544
4242025-07-09whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species686e79d355132_20250709_101856
4252025-07-09whole_speciescsv26List of datasetsList of species686e79cd4ecaf_20250709_101807
4262025-07-09whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species686e75ebdac17_20250709_100056
4272025-07-09whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species686e7501075a1_20250709_095636
4282025-07-09whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species686e74225e730_20250709_095600
4292025-07-09whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species686e758674758_20250709_095920
4302025-07-09whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species686e758674758_20250709_095927
4312025-07-09whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species686e75ebdac17_20250709_100055
4322025-07-07dist_spkml1194List of datasetsList of species686b8151902f0_20250707_054455
4332025-07-07whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species686bb6c9d0607_20250707_080534
4342025-07-07whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species686bb6c9d0607_20250707_080522
4352025-07-07whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species686bb6c9d0607_20250707_080704
4362025-07-05whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species68688da8c1b73_20250705_054127
4372025-07-05whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species68688da8c1b73_20250705_054135
4382025-07-04whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species6867cc4a72c9e_20250704_092114
4392025-07-04whole_speciesgdb43List of datasetsList of species6867e05cb9069_20250704_101420
4402025-07-04whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species6867e05cb9069_20250704_102636
4412025-07-04whole_speciesgdb43List of datasetsList of species6867e05cb9069_20250704_101327
4422025-07-02whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species6865230c5d92f_20250702_082506
4432025-07-02dist_spkml1670List of datasetsList of species68650f39bbcde_20250702_065519
4442025-07-01dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species686408983f2fb_20250701_121454
4452025-07-01dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species686408983f2fb_20250701_121458
4462025-07-01dist_spkml215List of datasetsList of species6864070c824c7_20250701_120654
4472025-07-01dist_spcsv31List of datasetsList of species686380ec7be57_20250701_023511
4482025-07-01dist_spcsv729List of datasetsList of species68637cf8a6e2d_20250701_022716
4492025-07-01dist_spcsv31List of datasetsList of species686380ec7be57_20250701_023315
4502025-07-01dist_spcsv938List of datasetsList of species686383a55b6e4_20250701_025427
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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.