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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
5282080
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.
762004
Years 2026202520242023
433788529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv1215
shapefile292
kml293
wms16
wfs17
gdb247
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)61
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)681
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)36
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)113
All observations of species (whole_species)1117
All observations in dataset (whole_dataset)69
  • 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
5512025-11-12whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species6914d798243da_20251112_152133
5522025-11-12whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species6914d798243da_20251112_145251
5532025-11-11whole_speciesgdb268List of datasetsList of species69135824d28d7_20251111_104237
5542025-11-11whole_specieswms268List of datasetsList of species69135824d28d7_20251111_104312
5552025-11-11whole_specieswfs268List of datasetsList of species69135824d28d7_20251111_104252
5562025-11-10whole_speciesgdb268List of datasetsList of species6911e7d4bc318_20251110_084356
5572025-11-10whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species6911e7d4bc318_20251110_083210
5582025-11-10whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species6911e7d4bc318_20251110_083929
5592025-11-10whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species6911e7d4bc318_20251110_084347
5602025-11-10dist_spshapefile112List of datasetsList of species69114dc352dc4_20251109_214616
5612025-11-10dist_spcsv112List of datasetsList of species69114dc352dc4_20251109_213359
5622025-11-10dist_spcsv112List of datasetsList of species69114dc352dc4_20251109_215414
5632025-11-10pointscsv43List of datasetsList of species691158d7012b0_20251109_221819
5642025-11-07dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species690da30cbd54c_20251107_025341
5652025-11-07dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species690da30cbd54c_20251107_024640
5662025-11-07dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species690d892298cfa_20251107_005839
5672025-11-07whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species690d8e2f6de57_20251107_011509
5682025-11-07dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species690da30cbd54c_20251107_025449
5692025-11-04dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species690a195e8c3b2_20251104_102354
5702025-11-04whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species690986284239b_20251103_235433
5712025-11-03dist_spshapefile3List of datasetsList of species6907d76dac970_20251103_003703
5722025-11-02dist_spkml110List of datasetsList of species69075c4d94800_20251102_101255
5732025-11-01whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species6905ea6b20cc8_20251101_071606
5742025-10-31whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species690387c8759fd_20251031_063745
5752025-10-31dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species690387c8759fd_20251031_071123
5762025-10-31whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species690387c8759fd_20251031_065208
5772025-10-31dist_spshapefile3List of datasetsList of species690387c8759fd_20251031_062634
5782025-10-30pointskml9List of datasetsList of species6903e23018fa9_20251030_181711
5792025-10-30whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species6902d20c45bdd_20251029_225249
5802025-10-30whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species6902bfc20c431_20251029_213709
5812025-10-30whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species690319ef9083b_20251030_035916
5822025-10-30dist_sp_h3csv3List of datasetsList of species690352f79e210_20251030_104119
5832025-10-30whole_speciesgdb7List of datasetsList of species6903b9c3d0158_20251030_152051
5842025-10-29whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species6901fdb546a50_20251029_074852
5852025-10-29whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6901fdb546a50_20251029_074649
5862025-10-28whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species69009db6c1d9d_20251028_064215
5872025-10-28dist_spkml45List of datasetsList of species69013d0abf5e8_20251028_180425
5882025-10-28dist_spkml45List of datasetsList of species69013d0abf5e8_20251028_180422
5892025-10-24whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species68faf8d928595_20251024_000947
5902025-10-24whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species68fbc9ff479c6_20251024_145300
5912025-10-24whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68fbc9ff479c6_20251024_145123
5922025-10-21whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species68f7b55919b38_20251021_143650
5932025-10-20dist_spcsv815List of datasetsList of species68f62dfb8ff09_20251020_085623
5942025-10-19pointsshapefile52List of datasetsList of species68f51500478ce_20251019_132605
5952025-10-19whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species68f51500478ce_20251019_132519
5962025-10-19dist_sp_h3shapefile55List of datasetsList of species68f51500478ce_20251019_133713
5972025-10-19dist_sp_h3shapefile837List of datasetsList of species68f5251df3b7a_20251019_135402
5982025-10-19dist_sp_h3shapefile837List of datasetsList of species68f5251df3b7a_20251019_135404
5992025-10-19dist_sp_h3shapefile837List of datasetsList of species68f5251df3b7a_20251019_135400
6002025-10-19pointsshapefile52List of datasetsList of species68f51500478ce_20251019_132559
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.