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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
4331588
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.
631525
Years 202520242023
729529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv909
shapefile232
kml215
wms10
wfs10
gdb212
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)32
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)474
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)33
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)90
All observations of species (whole_species)898
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
5512025-04-16pointskml2List of datasetsList of species67ffb432c62d6_20250416_134614
5522025-04-16dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species67ffafb43b122_20250416_092525
5532025-04-16pointskml2List of datasetsList of species67ffaf433b282_20250416_092350
5542025-04-16dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species67ffb432c62d6_20250416_134441
5552025-04-16dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species67ffc7d25be1a_20250416_150816
5562025-04-16dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species67ffafb43b122_20250416_112900
5572025-04-16dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species67ffc7d25be1a_20250416_152207
5582025-04-16pointskml2List of datasetsList of species67ffc7d25be1a_20250416_151113
5592025-04-16pointskml2List of datasetsList of species67ffb432c62d6_20250416_140008
5602025-04-16pointskml2List of datasetsList of species67ffafb43b122_20250416_095807
5612025-04-16whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species67ffc7d25be1a_20250416_203858
5622025-04-16whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species67ffc7d25be1a_20250416_203850
5632025-04-16dist_spcsv35List of datasetsList of species67ffcc6b413b8_20250416_113740
5642025-04-16dist_spcsv35List of datasetsList of species67ffcc6b413b8_20250416_113751
5652025-04-15dist_spkml34List of datasetsList of species67fdddeab4b81_20250415_004309
5662025-04-14whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species67fd93219340b_20250414_190225
5672025-04-11whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species67f97326aa2dc_20250411_155700
5682025-04-09dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species67f6adefab61c_20250409_132724
5692025-04-06dist_spkml1670List of datasetsList of species67f28d372679f_20250406_105029
5702025-04-06dist_spkml1670List of datasetsList of species67f28d372679f_20250406_105014
5712025-04-06dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species67f29b7e32f0b_20250406_111959
5722025-04-03pointscsv917List of datasetsList of species67eeb1df976cf_20250403_131645
5732025-04-02dist_spcsv46List of datasetsList of species67edc6a7192c5_20250402_193424
5742025-04-02dist_spshapefile46List of datasetsList of species67ed8fa1b0821_20250402_153034
5752025-03-27dist_spcsv22List of datasetsList of species67e55c1073325_20250327_101421
5762025-03-27whole_speciescsv256List of datasetsList of species67e567606ec03_20250327_110443
5772025-03-27dist_spshapefile9List of datasetsList of species67e55319c3191_20250327_093353
5782025-03-25whole_speciescsv3List of datasetsList of species67e2eda091bed_20250325_145610
5792025-03-25dist_spcsv3List of datasetsList of species67e2eda091bed_20250325_150047
5802025-03-25whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species67e28dd71214d_20250325_071017
5812025-03-25whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species67e28dd71214d_20250325_071023
5822025-03-25whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species67e2a2b9312ea_20250325_084018
5832025-03-25dist_spcsv33List of datasetsList of species67e335d161e53_20250325_190407
5842025-03-24dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species67e15ba8c9a38_20250324_092102
5852025-03-24dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species67e14571874f2_20250324_074619
5862025-03-24dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species67e168b1538e4_20250324_101516
5872025-03-24dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species67e168b1538e4_20250324_101517
5882025-03-24dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species67e156f432e88_20250324_085851
5892025-03-23whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species67e056d750cb7_20250323_144758
5902025-03-22dist_spcsv1483List of datasetsList of species67de151f60f98_20250321_215340
5912025-03-22dist_spcsv1483List of datasetsList of species67de151f60f98_20250321_215335
5922025-03-22whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species67de151f60f98_20250321_215817
5932025-03-20whole_specieskml39List of datasetsList of species67db6026ee3de_20250319_203612
5942025-03-20whole_speciescsv39List of datasetsList of species67db6026ee3de_20250319_203623
5952025-03-18whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species67d1c6070988f_20250318_121557
5962025-03-18whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species67d95774209e7_20250318_072451
5972025-03-17whole_speciesgdb7List of datasetsList of species67d8508f78d15_20250317_124623
5982025-03-17whole_specieskml7List of datasetsList of species67d8508f78d15_20250317_124625
5992025-03-17whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species67d8508f78d15_20250317_124628
6002025-03-17whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species67d8508f78d15_20250317_124637
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.