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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
2991005
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.
47958
Years 202520242023
146529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv559
shapefile130
kml149
wms1
wfs5
gdb161
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)17
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)251
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)13
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)42
All observations of species (whole_species)637
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

Prev 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  Next
No.Date requestedTypes requestedFormat#recordsAlong with...Species includedRequest ID
7512023-10-17dist_spkml45List of datasetsList of species652ec37a47b98_20231017_133305
7522023-10-12whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species65284144db17b_20231012_145713
7532023-10-11dist_spkml46List of datasetsList of species6526cae9e3c71_20231011_122132
7542023-10-11whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species6526cdcc1530a_20231011_123650
7552023-10-09dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species652401c11ab5c_20231009_093933
7562023-10-06whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species65201f1ebd796_20231006_110855
7572023-10-03whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species651c093353916_20231003_094459
7582023-10-02dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species651b4bd5e8581_20231002_190217
7592023-09-28whole_specieskml43List of datasetsList of species65155c663aafc_20230928_070139
7602023-09-28whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species65155c663aafc_20230928_070157
7612023-09-28whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6515539378996_20230928_062506
7622023-09-28whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species6515341d17743_20230928_043325
7632023-09-28whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species651583ef80fa7_20230928_094833
7642023-09-28whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6515341d17743_20230928_091244
7652023-09-25whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species65115c60031bb_20230925_063122
7662023-09-25whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species65118458aca50_20230925_092148
7672023-09-22whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species650d513c46616_20230922_055612
7682023-09-22whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species650d513c46616_20230922_054026
7692023-09-20whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_070012
7702023-09-20whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_065858
7712023-09-20whole_speciescsv3List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_070237
7722023-09-20whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species650acf1c0ea89_20230920_065628
7732023-09-20whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_070506
7742023-09-20whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species650acc2354f96_20230920_064916
7752023-09-20whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species650acc2354f96_20230920_064530
7762023-09-20whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_071330
7772023-09-20whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_071248
7782023-09-20whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_071059
7792023-09-20whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_070932
7802023-09-20whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_070638
7812023-09-19whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species65097a7ca6fdf_20230919_064850
7822023-09-19whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species65097a7ca6fdf_20230919_064858
7832023-09-19dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species6509792757183_20230919_064841
7842023-09-19dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species6509792757183_20230919_064521
7852023-09-19dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species6509792757183_20230919_063940
7862023-09-18dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species6508f34525502_20230918_210342
7872023-09-18dist_spkml46List of datasetsList of species65087e6c22fd8_20230918_125243
7882023-09-17whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species6506837f5d95d_20230917_004851
7892023-09-14whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6503366e2a46d_20230914_124000
7902023-09-05dist_spcsv379List of datasetsList of species64f73031c1008_20230905_095021
7912023-09-01whole_speciesshapefile268List of datasetsList of species64f1f54e36202_20230901_103127
7922023-09-01whole_speciesgdb268List of datasetsList of species64f204b6ee96e_20230901_113624
7932023-09-01whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species64f1ef3934965_20230901_101340
7942023-09-01whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species64f202e360473_20230901_113139
7952023-09-01whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species64f202e360473_20230901_112748
7962023-09-01whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species64f1fa6bc2524_20230901_105137
7972023-09-01whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species64f1f9ea6df0d_20230901_104930
7982023-09-01whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species64f20016a992e_20230901_111555
7992023-09-01whole_speciesshapefile65List of datasetsList of species64f1f54e36202_20230901_103538
8002023-08-31pointskml84List of datasetsList of species64ee146c73474_20230831_122158
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.