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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
5091997
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.
681929
Years 2026202520242023
350788529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv1183
shapefile289
kml265
wms16
wfs15
gdb229
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)49
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)664
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)35
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)112
All observations of species (whole_species)1073
All observations in dataset (whole_dataset)61
  • 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
7512025-07-01dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species686408983f2fb_20250701_121458
7522025-07-01dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species686408983f2fb_20250701_121454
7532025-07-01dist_spcsv729List of datasetsList of species68637cf8a6e2d_20250701_022716
7542025-07-01dist_spcsv938List of datasetsList of species686383a55b6e4_20250701_025427
7552025-07-01dist_spcsv850List of datasetsList of species686380ec7be57_20250701_023803
7562025-07-01pointscsv1033List of datasetsList of species686383a55b6e4_20250701_031013
7572025-07-01whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species68637cf8a6e2d_20250701_021805
7582025-07-01dist_spcsv31List of datasetsList of species686380ec7be57_20250701_023511
7592025-07-01dist_spcsv31List of datasetsList of species686380ec7be57_20250701_023315
7602025-07-01dist_spcsv729List of datasetsList of species68637cf8a6e2d_20250701_022701
7612025-06-30whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species686250d2d91c7_20250630_050105
7622025-06-30whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6862f9b48a2e3_20250630_170801
7632025-06-29whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species68612f524dda9_20250629_090412
7642025-06-29whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species68612f524dda9_20250629_083039
7652025-06-27whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species685e8350d635b_20250627_085841
7662025-06-27whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species685e8350d635b_20250627_101126
7672025-06-27whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species685e8350d635b_20250627_100344
7682025-06-27whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species685e8350d635b_20250627_101010
7692025-06-27whole_speciescsv256List of datasetsList of species685e8350d635b_20250627_101146
7702025-06-27whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species685e8350d635b_20250627_093651
7712025-06-27whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species685e8350d635b_20250627_094050
7722025-06-27whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species685e8350d635b_20250627_095249
7732025-06-27whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species685e8350d635b_20250627_095934
7742025-06-27whole_speciescsv81List of datasetsList of species685e8350d635b_20250627_100247
7752025-06-27whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species685e8350d635b_20250627_101312
7762025-06-27whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species685e8350d635b_20250627_090910
7772025-06-27whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species685e8350d635b_20250627_090543
7782025-06-26dist_spwfs22List of datasetsList of species685cdbb5aece6_20250626_014035
7792025-06-26whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species685cdbb5aece6_20250626_020940
7802025-06-26whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species685ce81c1d45d_20250626_022715
7812025-06-26whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species685ce86b5d2f2_20250626_023956
7822025-06-19whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species68540833eccbd_20250619_085517
7832025-06-19whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species6854095d546d8_20250619_090153
7842025-06-19whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species68540833eccbd_20250619_090057
7852025-06-19whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species68540833eccbd_20250619_085955
7862025-06-19whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species68540c7d6dc63_20250619_092105
7872025-06-19whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species68540bf44932a_20250619_091124
7882025-06-19whole_speciescsv14List of datasetsList of species68540c7d6dc63_20250619_092548
7892025-06-19whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species6854095d546d8_20250619_090430
7902025-06-19whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species68540bf44932a_20250619_092520
7912025-06-19whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species68540bf44932a_20250619_092739
7922025-06-19whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species68540bf44932a_20250619_092944
7932025-06-17dist_spshapefile1450List of datasetsList of species685148ee0d30c_20250617_065610
7942025-06-17whole_speciesgdb14List of datasetsList of species685132a58fd7a_20250617_052825
7952025-06-16whole_specieskml43List of datasetsList of species68506d7667af0_20250616_152202
7962025-06-12dist_spcsv7List of datasetsList of species684aa9cf4c04b_20250612_062406
7972025-06-12whole_specieskml52List of datasetsList of species684aa9cf4c04b_20250612_064815
7982025-06-12whole_specieskml7List of datasetsList of species684aa9cf4c04b_20250612_063256
7992025-06-11dist_taxashapefile3List of datasetsList of species68494aa7da199_20250611_052228
8002025-06-11dist_spkml1List of datasetsList of species6848e5c69adb5_20250610_221211
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.