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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
147466
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.
17449
Years 20242023
136330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv241
shapefile90
kml65
wms1
wfs2
gdb67
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)6
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)0
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)147
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)6
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)31
All observations of species (whole_species)262
All observations in dataset (whole_dataset)14
  • 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
4512023-02-02whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species63dc5441b51e8_20230202_192607
4522023-02-02whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species63dc5258859af_20230202_192151
4532023-01-31dist_spcsv244List of datasetsList of species63d9208fc70a7_20230131_091652
4542023-01-28dist_spkml701List of datasetsList of species63d5f709a66b4_20230128_234238
4552023-01-28dist_spshapefile701List of datasetsList of species63d5f709a66b4_20230128_234404
4562023-01-26dist_spkml148List of datasetsList of species63d33d8f8f148_20230126_220635
4572023-01-24whole_specieskml5List of datasetsList of species63cfb81555527_20230124_060811
4582023-01-24whole_specieskml268List of datasetsList of species63cfb81555527_20230124_060344
4592023-01-24whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species63cfb81555527_20230124_055452
4602023-01-24whole_speciesgdb7List of datasetsList of species63cfb81555527_20230124_055323
4612023-01-24whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species63cfb81555527_20230124_055146
4622023-01-24whole_speciesgdb43List of datasetsList of species63cfb81555527_20230124_060900
4632023-01-24whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species63cfb81555527_20230124_060824
4642023-01-24whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species63cf7e4786fb7_20230124_025619
4652023-01-23whole_speciescsv81List of datasetsList of species63ce554df36af_20230123_044319
4662023-01-23whole_speciesgdb81List of datasetsList of species63ce554df36af_20230123_044150
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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.