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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
5362108
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.
762032
Years 2026202520242023
461788529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv1235
shapefile296
kml296
wms16
wfs17
gdb248
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)61
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)693
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)36
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)116
All observations of species (whole_species)1130
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
7012025-09-23dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species68d265366d959_20250923_051839
7022025-09-23dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250923_055143
7032025-09-23whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250923_055546
7042025-09-22whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68d19cfa38b5a_20250922_150322
7052025-09-18dist_spcsv22List of datasetsList of species68cbb8ce42657_20250918_040939
7062025-09-18dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_034428
7072025-09-18dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_032641
7082025-09-18dist_spcsv181List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_031126
7092025-09-18dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_032650
7102025-09-18dist_spcsv34List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_032251
7112025-09-18dist_spcsv10List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_031717
7122025-09-18dist_spcsv3List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_031324
7132025-09-18dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_034515
7142025-09-17dist_spcsv22List of datasetsList of species68cad3c67c81a_20250917_113016
7152025-09-16dist_spshapefile707List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250916_060804
7162025-09-16dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250916_060217
7172025-09-16dist_spwfs707List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250916_060711
7182025-09-16dist_spwms707List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250916_060635
7192025-09-16whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species68c91d28c6e06_20250916_041949
7202025-09-12dist_spcsv72List of datasetsList of species68c42b5c8de59_20250912_103705
7212025-09-10whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68c1deaba8112_20250910_162717
7222025-09-09whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68c05c50379a6_20250909_125914
7232025-09-09whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species68c05c50379a6_20250909_125910
7242025-09-09dist_spcsv260List of datasetsList of species68c09efc4ed45_20250909_174455
7252025-09-09dist_spcsv260List of datasetsList of species68c09efc4ed45_20250909_174457
7262025-09-03pointsshapefile1559List of datasetsList of species68b7e3119510e_20250903_034731
7272025-09-03whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species68b7e3119510e_20250903_024901
7282025-09-03whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species68b7e3119510e_20250903_025314
7292025-09-03whole_specieskml2List of datasetsList of species68b7ad11237c6_20250902_225447
7302025-09-03whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species68b7ad11237c6_20250902_225349
7312025-09-02whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species68b72ea7a543f_20250902_135626
7322025-09-01whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68b5c62be48be_20250901_121828
7332025-09-01whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68b5ccef0dcd6_20250901_125828
7342025-08-31dist_spcsv965List of datasetsList of species68b4a66f527ad_20250831_154648
7352025-08-31dist_spcsv1099List of datasetsList of species68b4a66f527ad_20250831_154749
7362025-08-31dist_spcsv1099List of datasetsList of species68b4a66f527ad_20250831_155407
7372025-08-28whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species68b09170c3aab_20250828_134046
7382025-08-21whole_datasetgdb1948List of datasetsList of species68a67879e7fdb_20250820_215003
7392025-08-21whole_datasetwfs1948List of datasetsList of species68a67879e7fdb_20250820_215015
7402025-08-21dist_spkml33List of datasetsList of species68a6ad9cdbdd0_20250821_012510
7412025-08-20dist_sp_h3shapefile2List of datasetsList of species68a5b39ed1a32_20250820_074302
7422025-08-19dist_sp_h3shapefile9List of datasetsList of species68a4459c1925b_20250819_053755
7432025-08-19dist_sp_h3shapefile752List of datasetsList of species68a43d4ae080e_20250819_052000
7442025-08-19dist_sp_h3shapefile752List of datasetsList of species68a43d4ae080e_20250819_051917
7452025-08-19dist_sp_h3shapefile20List of datasetsList of species68a44696d7cef_20250819_054206
7462025-08-19dist_sp_h3shapefile752List of datasetsList of species68a43d4ae080e_20250819_051944
7472025-08-18dist_spshapefile181List of datasetsList of species68a32dec1113f_20250818_094915
7482025-08-18whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species68a339213740e_20250818_103142
7492025-08-18whole_speciesgdb268List of datasetsList of species68a32dec1113f_20250818_094751
7502025-08-18whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species68a33529a6aaf_20250818_101825
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.