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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
4531679
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.
641615
Years 2026202520242023
32788529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv965
shapefile238
kml239
wms10
wfs10
gdb217
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)34
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)489
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)34
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)90
All observations of species (whole_species)970
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
6012025-05-11pointscsv1List of datasetsList of species68208cdbc9b97_20250511_075023
6022025-05-11whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species68207988aab2c_20250511_062611
6032025-05-11pointscsv3List of datasetsList of species68208a412b5b1_20250511_073227
6042025-05-11whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species682078786eac4_20250511_072313
6052025-05-09pointscsv9List of datasetsList of species681e40009f5da_20250509_135541
6062025-05-09whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species681d6be68b290_20250508_224828
6072025-05-09dist_spcsv1483List of datasetsList of species681d6be68b290_20250508_225032
6082025-05-08dist_taxashapefile20List of datasetsList of species681cabeb862b4_20250508_091116
6092025-05-07dist_spcsv46List of datasetsList of species681b7a68b19e0_20250507_113246
6102025-05-07dist_spcsv4List of datasetsList of species681af79f29a9b_20250507_020713
6112025-05-07dist_spcsv4List of datasetsList of species681af79f29a9b_20250507_020717
6122025-05-07dist_spcsv4List of datasetsList of species681af79f29a9b_20250507_020715
6132025-05-07dist_spcsv4List of datasetsList of species681af79f29a9b_20250507_020718
6142025-05-05whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species681901d4ce25b_20250505_142523
6152025-05-05whole_specieskml23List of datasetsList of species681901d4ce25b_20250505_142612
6162025-05-01dist_spkml22List of datasetsList of species6813bb86c7032_20250501_182942
6172025-05-01dist_spkml1List of datasetsList of species6812adc9c779b_20250430_224750
6182025-05-01dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species6812adc9c779b_20250430_224846
6192025-05-01dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species6812adc9c779b_20250430_224805
6202025-04-29dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species68112f31cb6e2_20250429_161637
6212025-04-29whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species68112f31cb6e2_20250429_161112
6222025-04-29whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species68112f31cb6e2_20250429_160848
6232025-04-29dist_spcsv14List of datasetsList of species681134c6be239_20250429_162710
6242025-04-29whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species68112f31cb6e2_20250429_155943
6252025-04-29dist_spcsv807List of datasetsList of species681134c6be239_20250429_162229
6262025-04-29dist_spcsv22List of datasetsList of species68112f31cb6e2_20250429_161904
6272025-04-28whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species680fe8e7e8d19_20250428_164840
6282025-04-28whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species680fe8e7e8d19_20250428_164837
6292025-04-25dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species680bcf6c85769_20250425_140753
6302025-04-25whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species680c02466d9b8_20250425_175236
6312025-04-23dist_spcsv729List of datasetsList of species6808f521cb9f9_20250423_102408
6322025-04-23dist_spcsv22List of datasetsList of species6808f521cb9f9_20250423_101730
6332025-04-23dist_spshapefile829List of datasetsList of species6808f8fead25a_20250423_103756
6342025-04-21whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species6806870e7afe5_20250421_140026
6352025-04-18dist_spcsv155List of datasetsList of species680238cb66131_20250418_073702
6362025-04-18dist_spcsv5List of datasetsList of species680254f1b1da2_20250418_094419
6372025-04-16dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species67ffc7d25be1a_20250416_152207
6382025-04-16dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species67ffc7d25be1a_20250416_164828
6392025-04-16dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species67ffc7d25be1a_20250416_154047
6402025-04-16dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species67ffafb43b122_20250416_112900
6412025-04-16pointskml2List of datasetsList of species67ffc7d25be1a_20250416_151113
6422025-04-16pointskml2List of datasetsList of species67ffb432c62d6_20250416_140008
6432025-04-16dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species67ffc7d25be1a_20250416_150816
6442025-04-16pointskml2List of datasetsList of species67ffafb43b122_20250416_095807
6452025-04-16pointskml2List of datasetsList of species67ffb432c62d6_20250416_134614
6462025-04-16dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species67ffb432c62d6_20250416_134441
6472025-04-16dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species67ffb02a2f57f_20250416_132728
6482025-04-16dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species67ffafb43b122_20250416_092828
6492025-04-16dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species67ffafb43b122_20250416_092525
6502025-04-16pointskml2List of datasetsList of species67ffafb43b122_20250416_092642
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.