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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
4531679
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.
641615
Years 2026202520242023
32788529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv965
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)970
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
5012025-06-05whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species6841fee69c310_20250605_163526
5022025-06-05whole_speciesgdb15List of datasetsList of species68420009112ad_20250605_163827
5032025-06-05dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species684185be3dbca_20250605_080058
5042025-06-05dist_spcsv10List of datasetsList of species684185b99b4cf_20250605_080134
5052025-06-05dist_spcsv34List of datasetsList of species684185bd51c06_20250605_080154
5062025-06-05dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species684185badb85f_20250605_080143
5072025-06-05dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species68418a32a2687_20250605_081647
5082025-06-05dist_spcsv59List of datasetsList of species684185be0b4a7_20250605_080014
5092025-06-05whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68418a32a2687_20250605_081813
5102025-06-05whole_speciescsv256List of datasetsList of species6840f8193ab05_20250604_215242
5112025-06-05dist_spcsv181List of datasetsList of species684185b73af3e_20250605_080033
5122025-06-05dist_spcsv3List of datasetsList of species684185bb22aa3_20250605_080217
5132025-06-05dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species684185c00bebb_20250605_080227
5142025-06-05whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68418a32a2687_20250605_081904
5152025-06-03whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species683f0bb18a71d_20250603_105209
5162025-06-03whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species683f0bb18a71d_20250603_105234
5172025-06-03whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species683f0bb18a71d_20250603_105221
5182025-06-03whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species683f0bb18a71d_20250603_105242
5192025-06-02dist_spkml807List of datasetsList of species683df3e0df70b_20250602_145831
5202025-06-02dist_spkml707List of datasetsList of species683df3e0df70b_20250602_145826
5212025-05-31dist_spshapefile7List of datasetsList of species683b12013e6f8_20250531_111951
5222025-05-31dist_spshapefile7List of datasetsList of species683b12013e6f8_20250531_103457
5232025-05-31dist_spshapefile7List of datasetsList of species683b12013e6f8_20250531_103937
5242025-05-31whole_specieskml2List of datasetsList of species683b12013e6f8_20250531_112606
5252025-05-30whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species683a0f9d90c38_20250530_161015
5262025-05-27dist_spshapefile829List of datasetsList of species68364057879e8_20250527_185606
5272025-05-27dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species6835c4e584075_20250527_100543
5282025-05-27whole_speciescsv39List of datasetsList of species6835b07b1a9c4_20250527_083658
5292025-05-26whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species6833e49296ec7_20250525_235419
5302025-05-25whole_specieskml268List of datasetsList of species68338aa7d777d_20250525_175629
5312025-05-25whole_specieskml268List of datasetsList of species68338aa7d777d_20250525_180305
5322025-05-24pointsshapefile1908List of datasetsList of species6832548c79870_20250524_192651
5332025-05-24whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species6832109136c91_20250524_143532
5342025-05-23dist_spcsv1628List of datasetsList of species682fbed623742_20250522_202435
5352025-05-23dist_spshapefile1628List of datasetsList of species682fbed623742_20250522_202240
5362025-05-21dist_spshapefile741List of datasetsList of species682dccbc04527_20250521_100451
5372025-05-21dist_spshapefile842List of datasetsList of species682dccbc04527_20250521_101111
5382025-05-21dist_spshapefile707List of datasetsList of species682dccbc04527_20250521_110425
5392025-05-21dist_spshapefile807List of datasetsList of species682dccbc04527_20250521_105502
5402025-05-20dist_spcsv59List of datasetsList of species682bdf0ae12c4_20250519_221142
5412025-05-20dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species682bdc6a3969b_20250519_213901
5422025-05-20whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species682c593e09d99_20250520_063821
5432025-05-17whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species6827d82a29007_20250516_211148
5442025-05-17whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species6827d82a29007_20250516_204555
5452025-05-17whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species6827d82a29007_20250516_205509
5462025-05-17whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species6827d82a29007_20250516_211041
5472025-05-17whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68288a3de11f6_20250517_091239
5482025-05-17whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68288a3de11f6_20250517_091356
5492025-05-17whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68288a3de11f6_20250517_091341
5502025-05-17whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68288a3de11f6_20250517_091458
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.