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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
4351593
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.
631530
Years 202520242023
734529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv913
shapefile232
kml216
wms10
wfs10
gdb212
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)33
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)476
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)33
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)90
All observations of species (whole_species)900
All observations in dataset (whole_dataset)58
  • 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
5012025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_060624
5022025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_061743
5032025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_064846
5042025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_064159
5052025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_064519
5062025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_063825
5072025-05-14whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6824669e14496_20250514_055255
5082025-05-11whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species681fe6ff4884d_20250511_172059
5092025-05-11whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species681fe6ff4884d_20250511_172102
5102025-05-11whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species681fe6ff4884d_20250511_172053
5112025-05-11whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species681fe6ff4884d_20250511_172026
5122025-05-11pointscsv3List of datasetsList of species68208a412b5b1_20250511_073227
5132025-05-11pointscsv1List of datasetsList of species68208cdbc9b97_20250511_075023
5142025-05-11whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species682078786eac4_20250511_072313
5152025-05-11whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species682078786eac4_20250511_072607
5162025-05-11whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species6820759daaaed_20250511_060807
5172025-05-11whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species682078786eac4_20250511_061748
5182025-05-11whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species68207988aab2c_20250511_062611
5192025-05-09pointscsv9List of datasetsList of species681e40009f5da_20250509_135541
5202025-05-09dist_spcsv1483List of datasetsList of species681d6be68b290_20250508_225032
5212025-05-09whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species681d6be68b290_20250508_224828
5222025-05-08dist_taxashapefile20List of datasetsList of species681cabeb862b4_20250508_091116
5232025-05-07dist_spcsv46List of datasetsList of species681b7a68b19e0_20250507_113246
5242025-05-07dist_spcsv4List of datasetsList of species681af79f29a9b_20250507_020717
5252025-05-07dist_spcsv4List of datasetsList of species681af79f29a9b_20250507_020715
5262025-05-07dist_spcsv4List of datasetsList of species681af79f29a9b_20250507_020713
5272025-05-07dist_spcsv4List of datasetsList of species681af79f29a9b_20250507_020718
5282025-05-05whole_specieskml23List of datasetsList of species681901d4ce25b_20250505_142612
5292025-05-05whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species681901d4ce25b_20250505_142523
5302025-05-01dist_spkml22List of datasetsList of species6813bb86c7032_20250501_182942
5312025-05-01dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species6812adc9c779b_20250430_224805
5322025-05-01dist_spkml1List of datasetsList of species6812adc9c779b_20250430_224750
5332025-05-01dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species6812adc9c779b_20250430_224846
5342025-04-29whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species68112f31cb6e2_20250429_160848
5352025-04-29whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species68112f31cb6e2_20250429_155943
5362025-04-29dist_spcsv14List of datasetsList of species681134c6be239_20250429_162710
5372025-04-29dist_spcsv22List of datasetsList of species68112f31cb6e2_20250429_161904
5382025-04-29dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species68112f31cb6e2_20250429_161637
5392025-04-29whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species68112f31cb6e2_20250429_161112
5402025-04-29dist_spcsv807List of datasetsList of species681134c6be239_20250429_162229
5412025-04-28whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species680fe8e7e8d19_20250428_164837
5422025-04-28whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species680fe8e7e8d19_20250428_164840
5432025-04-25dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species680bcf6c85769_20250425_140753
5442025-04-25whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species680c02466d9b8_20250425_175236
5452025-04-23dist_spshapefile829List of datasetsList of species6808f8fead25a_20250423_103756
5462025-04-23dist_spcsv729List of datasetsList of species6808f521cb9f9_20250423_102408
5472025-04-23dist_spcsv22List of datasetsList of species6808f521cb9f9_20250423_101730
5482025-04-21whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species6806870e7afe5_20250421_140026
5492025-04-18dist_spcsv155List of datasetsList of species680238cb66131_20250418_073702
5502025-04-18dist_spcsv5List of datasetsList of species680254f1b1da2_20250418_094419
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.