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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
3021010
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.
47963
Years 202520242023
151529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv562
shapefile130
kml149
wms1
wfs5
gdb163
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)17
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)252
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)13
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)42
All observations of species (whole_species)641
All observations in dataset (whole_dataset)42
  • 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
512025-03-06dist_spcsv10List of datasetsList of species67c9a42beaff7_20250306_083815
522025-03-06dist_spshapefile10List of datasetsList of species67c9a42beaff7_20250306_083618
532025-03-06dist_spcsv22List of datasetsList of species67c96a1a1ae6d_20250306_042902
542025-03-06dist_spcsv244List of datasetsList of species67c9715533e5b_20250306_045930
552025-03-06pointsshapefile65List of datasetsList of species67c9e17f72ba2_20250306_125922
562025-03-05dist_spshapefile828List of datasetsList of species67c85a264eae6_20250305_093501
572025-03-05dist_spcsv1449List of datasetsList of species67c8ae42ba81c_20250305_161036
582025-03-04whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species67c65a1b44c5c_20250303_204855
592025-03-04whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species67c7564553a2f_20250304_143957
602025-03-03dist_spkml22List of datasetsList of species67c5f10016527_20250303_134843
612025-03-03dist_spkml22List of datasetsList of species67c5f10016527_20250303_134837
622025-03-02dist_spshapefile1449List of datasetsList of species67c4e5631970d_20250302_181929
632025-03-01dist_spkml753List of datasetsList of species67c37a01f11fa_20250301_165959
642025-02-27whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species67c08c6f74351_20250227_111310
652025-02-27dist_spkml244List of datasetsList of species67c02a49e89eb_20250227_040757
662025-02-27dist_taxacsv8List of datasetsList of species67c01714ebda3_20250227_024733
672025-02-25whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species67bd380eb6b94_20250224_223004
682025-02-25dist_spshapefile22List of datasetsList of species67bd0c9293ef1_20250224_192248
692025-02-24dist_spshapefile1628List of datasetsList of species67bce674eb8c1_20250224_165049
702025-02-24whole_speciesgdb65List of datasetsList of species67bc843e7fa82_20250224_094732
712025-02-24whole_speciesgdb15List of datasetsList of species67bc880fdf699_20250224_095901
722025-02-24whole_speciesgdb65List of datasetsList of species67bc843e7fa82_20250224_094645
732025-02-23whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species67baa8d9d1380_20250222_235516
742025-02-22whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species67b9761e4db21_20250222_020907
752025-02-17whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species67b2c7a5a8f8b_20250217_002427
762025-02-17whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species67b2bf2f79ae4_20250216_234955
772025-02-17whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species67b2bf2f79ae4_20250216_234954
782025-02-17whole_speciesgdb5List of datasetsList of species67b3319ae5550_20250217_080539
792025-02-17whole_specieskml52List of datasetsList of species67b32d0950c00_20250217_073647
802025-02-14whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species67af84b0991ef_20250214_132345
812025-02-14whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species67af84b0991ef_20250214_132428
822025-02-14whole_speciesgdb65List of datasetsList of species67af61bae9f73_20250214_104413
832025-02-14whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species67af61aa54b5c_20250214_103519
842025-02-14whole_speciesgdb15List of datasetsList of species67af61afbd042_20250214_103704
852025-02-14whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species67af61b57b7f0_20250214_103912
862025-02-14whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species67af61c8433bd_20250214_105600
872025-02-12whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species67acfa95bdcdd_20250212_145413
882025-02-12pointsshapefile1List of datasetsList of species67acfbf650dd0_20250212_154742
892025-02-12whole_speciesgdb268List of datasetsList of species67acfaa30fb30_20250212_144818
902025-02-11pointscsv1908List of datasetsList of species67aa88479fdb6_20250211_140002
912025-02-11whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species67ab53e69a281_20250211_085026
922025-02-11whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species67ab53e69a281_20250211_085024
932025-02-11whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species67ab840d66c73_20250211_121051
942025-02-11whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species67ab824bdc5fe_20250211_120257
952025-02-11whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species67ab824bdc5fe_20250211_120245
962025-02-11whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species67ab840d66c73_20250211_122505
972025-02-11whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species67ab840d66c73_20250211_122623
982025-02-11whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species67ab840d66c73_20250211_122547
992025-02-11whole_speciesgdb268List of datasetsList of species67ab840d66c73_20250211_121905
1002025-02-11whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species67ab721bf382b_20250211_110537
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.