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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
5091997
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.
681929
Years 2026202520242023
350788529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv1183
shapefile289
kml265
wms16
wfs15
gdb229
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)49
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)664
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)35
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)112
All observations of species (whole_species)1073
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
4512025-11-19pointsshapefile52List of datasetsList of species691ddb230a5d3_20251119_101003
4522025-11-19pointsshapefile52List of datasetsList of species691ddb230a5d3_20251119_101008
4532025-11-19dist_spshapefile46List of datasetsList of species691ddb230a5d3_20251119_100438
4542025-11-19dist_spcsv807List of datasetsList of species691c7fba7b380_20251119_164931
4552025-11-18dist_spcsv260List of datasetsList of species691bacdcaed20_20251117_190201
4562025-11-18dist_spcsv61List of datasetsList of species691bacdcaed20_20251117_191303
4572025-11-18dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species691bacdcaed20_20251117_190641
4582025-11-17dist_spcsv828List of datasetsList of species691bacdcaed20_20251117_184203
4592025-11-17dist_spcsv46List of datasetsList of species691bacdcaed20_20251117_185403
4602025-11-16dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species691a031544b63_20251116_120442
4612025-11-14dist_spkml11List of datasetsList of species691668cd4c129_20251113_190435
4622025-11-14dist_spkml11List of datasetsList of species691668cd4c129_20251113_190439
4632025-11-13dist_spcsv11List of datasetsList of species69162dc45f74c_20251113_143534
4642025-11-12dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species69149d2515fcb_20251112_095349
4652025-11-12whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species6914a590d1ba5_20251112_103138
4662025-11-12whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6914a590d1ba5_20251112_111756
4672025-11-12whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6914b504eaae2_20251112_113246
4682025-11-12whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species6914d798243da_20251112_152133
4692025-11-12whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species6914d798243da_20251112_145251
4702025-11-11whole_specieswfs268List of datasetsList of species69135824d28d7_20251111_104252
4712025-11-11whole_speciesgdb268List of datasetsList of species69135824d28d7_20251111_104237
4722025-11-11whole_specieswms268List of datasetsList of species69135824d28d7_20251111_104312
4732025-11-10whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species6911e7d4bc318_20251110_083929
4742025-11-10whole_speciesgdb268List of datasetsList of species6911e7d4bc318_20251110_084356
4752025-11-10whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species6911e7d4bc318_20251110_084347
4762025-11-10whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species6911e7d4bc318_20251110_083210
4772025-11-10dist_spshapefile112List of datasetsList of species69114dc352dc4_20251109_214616
4782025-11-10pointscsv43List of datasetsList of species691158d7012b0_20251109_221819
4792025-11-10dist_spcsv112List of datasetsList of species69114dc352dc4_20251109_215414
4802025-11-10dist_spcsv112List of datasetsList of species69114dc352dc4_20251109_213359
4812025-11-07dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species690d892298cfa_20251107_005839
4822025-11-07dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species690da30cbd54c_20251107_025341
4832025-11-07whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species690d8e2f6de57_20251107_011509
4842025-11-07dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species690da30cbd54c_20251107_025449
4852025-11-07dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species690da30cbd54c_20251107_024640
4862025-11-04dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species690a195e8c3b2_20251104_102354
4872025-11-04whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species690986284239b_20251103_235433
4882025-11-03dist_spshapefile3List of datasetsList of species6907d76dac970_20251103_003703
4892025-11-02dist_spkml110List of datasetsList of species69075c4d94800_20251102_101255
4902025-11-01whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species6905ea6b20cc8_20251101_071606
4912025-10-31whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species690387c8759fd_20251031_065208
4922025-10-31whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species690387c8759fd_20251031_063745
4932025-10-31dist_spshapefile3List of datasetsList of species690387c8759fd_20251031_062634
4942025-10-31dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species690387c8759fd_20251031_071123
4952025-10-30pointskml9List of datasetsList of species6903e23018fa9_20251030_181711
4962025-10-30whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species6902bfc20c431_20251029_213709
4972025-10-30whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species6902d20c45bdd_20251029_225249
4982025-10-30whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species690319ef9083b_20251030_035916
4992025-10-30dist_sp_h3csv3List of datasetsList of species690352f79e210_20251030_104119
5002025-10-30whole_speciesgdb7List of datasetsList of species6903b9c3d0158_20251030_152051
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.