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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
5282078
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.
762002
Years 2026202520242023
431788529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv1215
shapefile292
kml291
wms16
wfs17
gdb247
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)61
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)679
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)36
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)113
All observations of species (whole_species)1117
All observations in dataset (whole_dataset)69
  • 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
4012026-02-05whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species6984dbc9f2aa4_20260205_132231
4022026-02-05dist_spkml1666List of datasetsList of species6984ac0ed9f55_20260205_094207
4032026-02-05whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species6984eba35dcb1_20260205_142335
4042026-02-05whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6984eba35dcb1_20260205_150721
4052026-02-05whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species6984eba35dcb1_20260205_150007
4062026-02-05whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species6984eba35dcb1_20260205_150753
4072026-02-05whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species6984eba35dcb1_20260205_150858
4082026-02-05whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6984eba35dcb1_20260205_150818
4092026-02-05whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species6984eba35dcb1_20260205_150924
4102026-02-05whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species698454e4a432e_20260205_033529
4112026-02-05whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species698454e4a432e_20260205_033223
4122026-02-05whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species698454e4a432e_20260205_033055
4132026-02-05whole_speciescsv256List of datasetsList of species698454e4a432e_20260205_033333
4142026-02-02dist_spcsv155List of datasetsList of species698023a81a71d_20260201_232729
4152026-02-02dist_spkml155List of datasetsList of species698023a81a71d_20260201_232745
4162026-01-28whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species6973f10ea4683_20260128_182426
4172026-01-27dist_spshapefile10List of datasetsList of species697894d8054b3_20260127_053607
4182026-01-27whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species69792a3f4974c_20260127_162419
4192026-01-27whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species6973f10ea4683_20260127_165635
4202026-01-27whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6973f10ea4683_20260126_210650
4212026-01-26whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6973f10ea4683_20260126_175925
4222026-01-26whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species6973f10ea4683_20260126_144629
4232026-01-23whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species6973f10ea4683_20260123_171906
4242026-01-23dist_spshapefile1449List of datasetsList of species6973611f748a3_20260123_065506
4252026-01-23dist_spshapefile1449List of datasetsList of species6973611f748a3_20260123_065501
4262026-01-23dist_spshapefile1449List of datasetsList of species6973611f748a3_20260123_065515
4272026-01-15whole_speciesgdb268List of datasetsList of species69690a36d465a_20260115_121046
4282026-01-14whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species6967d49fefc91_20260114_124954
4292026-01-12whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species69643df210c4e_20260111_192329
4302026-01-08whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species695eac7b04021_20260108_050106
4312026-01-07whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species695e86ae35a6c_20260107_111800
4322025-12-29whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species6952e6809dec1_20251229_153810
4332025-12-29whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species6952e5cf6218b_20251229_153452
4342025-12-29whole_specieskml43List of datasetsList of species6952e5cf6218b_20251229_153443
4352025-12-29whole_specieskml268List of datasetsList of species6952e6809dec1_20251229_153800
4362025-12-29whole_specieskml917List of datasetsList of species6952e3e6dfccd_20251229_152654
4372025-12-29whole_specieskml15List of datasetsList of species6952e494dc895_20251229_152955
4382025-12-29whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6952e494dc895_20251229_153001
4392025-12-29whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species6952e3e6dfccd_20251229_152701
4402025-12-23whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species694a31f98a00c_20251223_011146
4412025-12-23whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species694addcc28fe6_20251223_132301
4422025-12-23whole_specieskml43List of datasetsList of species694ade7ee87d0_20251223_132728
4432025-12-23whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species694ade7ee87d0_20251223_132741
4442025-12-23whole_specieskml43List of datasetsList of species694ade836f9ea_20251223_133044
4452025-12-23whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species694ade836f9ea_20251223_133603
4462025-12-23whole_specieskml43List of datasetsList of species694addcc28fe6_20251223_132249
4472025-12-23whole_specieskml268List of datasetsList of species694adaae1d5d7_20251223_130915
4482025-12-23whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species694adec157b1a_20251223_134722
4492025-12-23whole_specieskml43List of datasetsList of species694adeaddc44e_20251223_134237
4502025-12-23whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species694adeaddc44e_20251223_134250
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.