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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
4441649
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.
641585
Years 2026202520242023
2788529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv942
shapefile234
kml237
wms10
wfs10
gdb216
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)34
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)482
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)34
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)90
All observations of species (whole_species)947
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
5012025-05-25whole_specieskml268List of datasetsList of species68338aa7d777d_20250525_175629
5022025-05-24pointsshapefile1908List of datasetsList of species6832548c79870_20250524_192651
5032025-05-24whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species6832109136c91_20250524_143532
5042025-05-23dist_spshapefile1628List of datasetsList of species682fbed623742_20250522_202240
5052025-05-23dist_spcsv1628List of datasetsList of species682fbed623742_20250522_202435
5062025-05-21dist_spshapefile707List of datasetsList of species682dccbc04527_20250521_110425
5072025-05-21dist_spshapefile741List of datasetsList of species682dccbc04527_20250521_100451
5082025-05-21dist_spshapefile842List of datasetsList of species682dccbc04527_20250521_101111
5092025-05-21dist_spshapefile807List of datasetsList of species682dccbc04527_20250521_105502
5102025-05-20dist_spcsv59List of datasetsList of species682bdf0ae12c4_20250519_221142
5112025-05-20dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species682bdc6a3969b_20250519_213901
5122025-05-20whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species682c593e09d99_20250520_063821
5132025-05-17whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species6827d82a29007_20250516_204555
5142025-05-17whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species6827d82a29007_20250516_211148
5152025-05-17whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species6827d82a29007_20250516_211041
5162025-05-17whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species6827d82a29007_20250516_205509
5172025-05-17whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species682885d329bac_20250517_085442
5182025-05-17whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68288a3de11f6_20250517_091356
5192025-05-17whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68288a3de11f6_20250517_091458
5202025-05-17whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68288a3de11f6_20250517_091239
5212025-05-17whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68288a3de11f6_20250517_091341
5222025-05-17whole_speciescsv4List of datasetsList of species68288908a13cc_20250517_090322
5232025-05-17whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species682885d63c2c4_20250517_085609
5242025-05-17whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species68288941e3b91_20250517_090417
5252025-05-17whole_speciescsv26List of datasetsList of species6828885fdf793_20250517_090023
5262025-05-16dist_spshapefile1096List of datasetsList of species68269084da954_20250515_213031
5272025-05-16dist_spcsv1096List of datasetsList of species68269084da954_20250515_212429
5282025-05-15whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6825e43042c06_20250515_091400
5292025-05-15whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6825e43042c06_20250515_092959
5302025-05-15whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6825e43042c06_20250515_091359
5312025-05-15whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6825eccf4ed03_20250515_093426
5322025-05-15whole_speciesgdb15List of datasetsList of species6825e43042c06_20250515_091409
5332025-05-15whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6825e43042c06_20250515_092949
5342025-05-15whole_speciesgdb15List of datasetsList of species6825e43042c06_20250515_091430
5352025-05-15whole_speciesgdb15List of datasetsList of species6825e43042c06_20250515_091448
5362025-05-15whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species6825eccf4ed03_20250515_093248
5372025-05-15dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species6825aa17b402b_20250515_045002
5382025-05-15whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species682598ac3ccdc_20250515_040233
5392025-05-15dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species6825af4682e7b_20250515_051417
5402025-05-15dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species6825af4682e7b_20250515_052958
5412025-05-15dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species6825af4682e7b_20250515_055305
5422025-05-14dist_spcsv1666List of datasetsList of species682468d20e3c4_20250514_062631
5432025-05-14whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species682468d20e3c4_20250514_065642
5442025-05-14whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species6824aaf8adf87_20250514_104816
5452025-05-14whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6824aaf8adf87_20250514_104803
5462025-05-14dist_spkml22List of datasetsList of species682502730642b_20250514_165635
5472025-05-14dist_spkml22List of datasetsList of species682502730642b_20250514_165630
5482025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_060729
5492025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_060527
5502025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_060358
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.