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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
4651728
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.
651663
Years 2026202520242023
81788529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv990
shapefile249
kml246
wms10
wfs14
gdb219
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)34
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)509
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)35
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)90
All observations of species (whole_species)997
All observations in dataset (whole_dataset)60
  • 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
7512025-03-07whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species67cb44c95f176_20250307_142236
7522025-03-07whole_specieskml23List of datasetsList of species67cb44c95f176_20250307_142652
7532025-03-07whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species67cb44c95f176_20250307_142211
7542025-03-06whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species67c993eea9d4e_20250306_072936
7552025-03-06dist_spshapefile35List of datasetsList of species67c9715533e5b_20250306_050350
7562025-03-06dist_spshapefile9List of datasetsList of species67c9a42beaff7_20250306_084008
7572025-03-06dist_spshapefile2List of datasetsList of species67c9a42beaff7_20250306_083900
7582025-03-06dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species67c9a42beaff7_20250306_084034
7592025-03-06dist_spcsv22List of datasetsList of species67c96a1a1ae6d_20250306_042902
7602025-03-06dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species67c9a42beaff7_20250306_083925
7612025-03-06dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species67c9a42beaff7_20250306_084131
7622025-03-06dist_spshapefile244List of datasetsList of species67c9715533e5b_20250306_045901
7632025-03-06dist_spshapefile22List of datasetsList of species67c9715533e5b_20250306_045739
7642025-03-06dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species67c9a42beaff7_20250306_084114
7652025-03-06dist_spcsv35List of datasetsList of species67c9715533e5b_20250306_050419
7662025-03-06dist_spcsv244List of datasetsList of species67c9715533e5b_20250306_045930
7672025-03-06dist_spshapefile22List of datasetsList of species67c96a1a1ae6d_20250306_043000
7682025-03-06dist_spshapefile3List of datasetsList of species67c9715533e5b_20250306_050231
7692025-03-06dist_spcsv3List of datasetsList of species67c9715533e5b_20250306_050251
7702025-03-06dist_spcsv22List of datasetsList of species67c9715533e5b_20250306_045808
7712025-03-06dist_spcsv10List of datasetsList of species67c9a42beaff7_20250306_083815
7722025-03-06dist_spshapefile10List of datasetsList of species67c9a42beaff7_20250306_083618
7732025-03-06pointsshapefile65List of datasetsList of species67c9e17f72ba2_20250306_125922
7742025-03-05dist_spshapefile828List of datasetsList of species67c85a264eae6_20250305_093501
7752025-03-05dist_spcsv1449List of datasetsList of species67c8ae42ba81c_20250305_161036
7762025-03-04whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species67c65a1b44c5c_20250303_204855
7772025-03-04whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species67c7564553a2f_20250304_143957
7782025-03-03dist_spkml22List of datasetsList of species67c5f10016527_20250303_134843
7792025-03-03dist_spkml22List of datasetsList of species67c5f10016527_20250303_134837
7802025-03-02dist_spshapefile1449List of datasetsList of species67c4e5631970d_20250302_181929
7812025-03-01dist_spkml753List of datasetsList of species67c37a01f11fa_20250301_165959
7822025-02-27whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species67c08c6f74351_20250227_111310
7832025-02-27dist_spkml244List of datasetsList of species67c02a49e89eb_20250227_040757
7842025-02-27dist_taxacsv8List of datasetsList of species67c01714ebda3_20250227_024733
7852025-02-25whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species67bd380eb6b94_20250224_223004
7862025-02-25dist_spshapefile22List of datasetsList of species67bd0c9293ef1_20250224_192248
7872025-02-24dist_spshapefile1628List of datasetsList of species67bce674eb8c1_20250224_165049
7882025-02-24whole_speciesgdb15List of datasetsList of species67bc880fdf699_20250224_095901
7892025-02-24whole_speciesgdb65List of datasetsList of species67bc843e7fa82_20250224_094732
7902025-02-24whole_speciesgdb65List of datasetsList of species67bc843e7fa82_20250224_094645
7912025-02-23whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species67baa8d9d1380_20250222_235516
7922025-02-22whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species67b9761e4db21_20250222_020907
7932025-02-17whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species67b2c7a5a8f8b_20250217_002427
7942025-02-17whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species67b2bf2f79ae4_20250216_234954
7952025-02-17whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species67b2bf2f79ae4_20250216_234955
7962025-02-17whole_speciesgdb5List of datasetsList of species67b3319ae5550_20250217_080539
7972025-02-17whole_specieskml52List of datasetsList of species67b32d0950c00_20250217_073647
7982025-02-14whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species67af84b0991ef_20250214_132345
7992025-02-14whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species67af84b0991ef_20250214_132428
8002025-02-14whole_speciesgdb15List of datasetsList of species67af61afbd042_20250214_103704
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.