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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
5342104
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.
762028
Years 2026202520242023
457788529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv1231
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)692
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)36
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)116
All observations of species (whole_species)1127
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
7512025-08-14dist_spshapefile9List of datasetsList of species689e6b6fee02c_20250814_190818
7522025-08-14whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species689e6b6fee02c_20250814_190753
7532025-08-12whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species689b6e9b1c437_20250812_124337
7542025-08-12whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species689b6e9b1c437_20250812_124331
7552025-08-10dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250810_080611
7562025-08-10dist_spshapefile707List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250810_080541
7572025-08-10dist_spshapefile707List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250810_080552
7582025-08-10dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250810_080615
7592025-08-09dist_spshapefile707List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250809_073613
7602025-08-09dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250809_073626
7612025-07-29whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6888ab4e4a5fa_20250729_070908
7622025-07-28pointsshapefile23List of datasetsList of species68878067cbe52_20250728_112725
7632025-07-28pointsshapefile23List of datasetsList of species68878067cbe52_20250728_112727
7642025-07-28whole_speciescsv256List of datasetsList of species6886f3e37b01f_20250727_235921
7652025-07-28whole_speciescsv256List of datasetsList of species6886f3e37b01f_20250727_235920
7662025-07-26dist_spshapefile474List of datasetsList of species6884f8040ed8b_20250726_115000
7672025-07-26dist_spshapefile81List of datasetsList of species6884f8040ed8b_20250726_120850
7682025-07-23whole_specieswms268List of datasetsList of species6880dd96ca1d1_20250723_091002
7692025-07-23whole_specieswms268List of datasetsList of species6880dd96ca1d1_20250723_090959
7702025-07-22dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species687f3a1c0ceee_20250722_031428
7712025-07-18whole_speciesgdb268List of datasetsList of species6879ffe9c8bac_20250718_040921
7722025-07-18dist_spshapefile181List of datasetsList of species6879fc42f0195_20250718_034929
7732025-07-18dist_spshapefile181List of datasetsList of species6879ffe9c8bac_20250718_040427
7742025-07-18dist_spshapefile22List of datasetsList of species6879f7cb164b3_20250718_033346
7752025-07-18whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species6879fc4955028_20250718_035106
7762025-07-18dist_spshapefile22List of datasetsList of species6879f7cb164b3_20250718_033324
7772025-07-18dist_spshapefile260List of datasetsList of species6879ffe9c8bac_20250718_040725
7782025-07-18dist_spshapefile260List of datasetsList of species6879f7d155b9b_20250718_033538
7792025-07-16whole_speciesgdb39List of datasetsList of species6877796abce05_20250716_060650
7802025-07-14dist_spcsv962List of datasetsList of species687529434b05d_20250714_141233
7812025-07-12pointskml43List of datasetsList of species6872d809363fa_20250712_175117
7822025-07-11dist_spkml9List of datasetsList of species687161d00eea9_20250711_151621
7832025-07-11whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species686f771e03875_20250710_221906
7842025-07-11whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species686f771e03875_20250710_221828
7852025-07-11whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species686f771e03875_20250710_221815
7862025-07-11whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species687074d3ec401_20250710_222023
7872025-07-11whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species686f771e03875_20250710_221907
7882025-07-10whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species686f67ddeb11e_20250710_031247
7892025-07-10whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species686f67dd2f261_20250710_031435
7902025-07-10whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species686fccaac4725_20250710_111437
7912025-07-10whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species686fccaac4725_20250710_111427
7922025-07-10whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species686fccaac4725_20250710_111443
7932025-07-10whole_speciescsv6List of datasetsList of species686ea0b0e26e6_20250709_225740
7942025-07-10whole_speciescsv6List of datasetsList of species686ea0b0e26e6_20250709_225741
7952025-07-10whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species686f60e7b0576_20250710_025037
7962025-07-10whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species686f60e7b0576_20250710_025150
7972025-07-10whole_speciescsv14List of datasetsList of species686f60eb2890e_20250710_024859
7982025-07-10whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species686f46ee14659_20250710_005241
7992025-07-10whole_speciescsv3List of datasetsList of species686f47375ad34_20250710_005325
8002025-07-10whole_speciescsv6List of datasetsList of species686f47d3f23cd_20250710_005603
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.