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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
4911923
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.
651858
Years 2026202520242023
276788529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv1145
shapefile266
kml255
wms14
wfs15
gdb228
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)42
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)637
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)35
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)91
All observations of species (whole_species)1055
All observations in dataset (whole_dataset)60
  • 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
5012025-09-24dist_spshapefile35List of datasetsList of species68d4510bb2726_20250924_162047
5022025-09-24dist_spshapefile22List of datasetsList of species68d44e9e4b65f_20250924_160930
5032025-09-24dist_sp_h3shapefile2List of datasetsList of species68d46c6ad6a7d_20250924_181451
5042025-09-24dist_spshapefile9List of datasetsList of species68d4510bb2726_20250924_161819
5052025-09-24dist_sp_h3shapefile22List of datasetsList of species68d46c6ad6a7d_20250924_181235
5062025-09-24dist_sp_h3shapefile35List of datasetsList of species68d46c6ad6a7d_20250924_181809
5072025-09-24dist_sp_h3shapefile1List of datasetsList of species68d46c6ad6a7d_20250924_181840
5082025-09-24dist_sp_h3shapefile9List of datasetsList of species68d46c6ad6a7d_20250924_181542
5092025-09-24dist_spshapefile22List of datasetsList of species68d44e9e4b65f_20250924_160932
5102025-09-24dist_sp_h3shapefile3List of datasetsList of species68d46c6ad6a7d_20250924_181722
5112025-09-24dist_sp_h3shapefile10List of datasetsList of species68d46c6ad6a7d_20250924_181404
5122025-09-24whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species68d3f37d2cd27_20250924_102458
5132025-09-24whole_specieskml23List of datasetsList of species68d3f37d2cd27_20250924_103113
5142025-09-23dist_spkml22List of datasetsList of species68d2e221d7533_20250923_141235
5152025-09-23dist_spkml22List of datasetsList of species68d2e221d7533_20250923_141237
5162025-09-23dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species68d265366d959_20250923_051839
5172025-09-23whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250923_055546
5182025-09-23dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250923_055143
5192025-09-22whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68d19cfa38b5a_20250922_150322
5202025-09-18dist_spcsv3List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_031324
5212025-09-18dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_034428
5222025-09-18dist_spcsv181List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_031126
5232025-09-18dist_spcsv34List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_032251
5242025-09-18dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_034515
5252025-09-18dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_032650
5262025-09-18dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_032641
5272025-09-18dist_spcsv10List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_031717
5282025-09-18dist_spcsv22List of datasetsList of species68cbb8ce42657_20250918_040939
5292025-09-17dist_spcsv22List of datasetsList of species68cad3c67c81a_20250917_113016
5302025-09-16dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250916_060217
5312025-09-16dist_spwms707List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250916_060635
5322025-09-16dist_spshapefile707List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250916_060804
5332025-09-16dist_spwfs707List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250916_060711
5342025-09-16whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species68c91d28c6e06_20250916_041949
5352025-09-12dist_spcsv72List of datasetsList of species68c42b5c8de59_20250912_103705
5362025-09-10whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68c1deaba8112_20250910_162717
5372025-09-09whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68c05c50379a6_20250909_125914
5382025-09-09whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species68c05c50379a6_20250909_125910
5392025-09-09dist_spcsv260List of datasetsList of species68c09efc4ed45_20250909_174455
5402025-09-09dist_spcsv260List of datasetsList of species68c09efc4ed45_20250909_174457
5412025-09-03whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species68b7e3119510e_20250903_025314
5422025-09-03pointsshapefile1559List of datasetsList of species68b7e3119510e_20250903_034731
5432025-09-03whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species68b7e3119510e_20250903_024901
5442025-09-03whole_specieskml2List of datasetsList of species68b7ad11237c6_20250902_225447
5452025-09-03whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species68b7ad11237c6_20250902_225349
5462025-09-02whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species68b72ea7a543f_20250902_135626
5472025-09-01whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68b5ccef0dcd6_20250901_125828
5482025-09-01whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68b5c62be48be_20250901_121828
5492025-08-31dist_spcsv1099List of datasetsList of species68b4a66f527ad_20250831_155407
5502025-08-31dist_spcsv1099List of datasetsList of species68b4a66f527ad_20250831_154749
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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.