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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
4531687
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.
641623
Years 2026202520242023
40788529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv973
shapefile238
kml239
wms10
wfs10
gdb217
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)34
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)489
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)34
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)90
All observations of species (whole_species)978
All observations in dataset (whole_dataset)59
  • 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
7512025-02-22whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species67b9761e4db21_20250222_020907
7522025-02-17whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species67b2c7a5a8f8b_20250217_002427
7532025-02-17whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species67b2bf2f79ae4_20250216_234954
7542025-02-17whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species67b2bf2f79ae4_20250216_234955
7552025-02-17whole_speciesgdb5List of datasetsList of species67b3319ae5550_20250217_080539
7562025-02-17whole_specieskml52List of datasetsList of species67b32d0950c00_20250217_073647
7572025-02-14whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species67af84b0991ef_20250214_132428
7582025-02-14whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species67af84b0991ef_20250214_132345
7592025-02-14whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species67af61b57b7f0_20250214_103912
7602025-02-14whole_speciesgdb15List of datasetsList of species67af61afbd042_20250214_103704
7612025-02-14whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species67af61c8433bd_20250214_105600
7622025-02-14whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species67af61aa54b5c_20250214_103519
7632025-02-14whole_speciesgdb65List of datasetsList of species67af61bae9f73_20250214_104413
7642025-02-12pointsshapefile1List of datasetsList of species67acfbf650dd0_20250212_154742
7652025-02-12whole_speciesgdb268List of datasetsList of species67acfaa30fb30_20250212_144818
7662025-02-12whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species67acfa95bdcdd_20250212_145413
7672025-02-11pointscsv1908List of datasetsList of species67aa88479fdb6_20250211_140002
7682025-02-11whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species67ab53e69a281_20250211_085026
7692025-02-11whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species67ab53e69a281_20250211_085024
7702025-02-11whole_speciesgdb268List of datasetsList of species67ab840d66c73_20250211_121905
7712025-02-11whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species67ab840d66c73_20250211_121051
7722025-02-11whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species67ab840d66c73_20250211_122547
7732025-02-11whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species67ab824bdc5fe_20250211_120245
7742025-02-11whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species67ab840d66c73_20250211_122505
7752025-02-11whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species67ab824bdc5fe_20250211_120257
7762025-02-11whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species67ab840d66c73_20250211_122623
7772025-02-11whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species67ab721bf382b_20250211_110537
7782025-02-10whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species67aa6545a1b96_20250210_154822
7792025-02-10whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species67a9d4d43e1dd_20250210_053158
7802025-02-10whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species67a9d4d43e1dd_20250210_053201
7812025-02-09whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species67a8bf8308c97_20250209_094931
7822025-02-09whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species67a8c43fc240e_20250209_100716
7832025-02-09whole_specieskml52List of datasetsList of species67a8bf8308c97_20250209_094946
7842025-02-09whole_specieskml52List of datasetsList of species67a8bf8308c97_20250209_095639
7852025-02-09whole_specieskml9List of datasetsList of species67a8c43fc240e_20250209_100748
7862025-02-09dist_spcsv54List of datasetsList of species67a8e94d20249_20250209_124538
7872025-02-07whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species67a5ecbdd2d65_20250207_063458
7882025-02-06dist_spkml5List of datasetsList of species67a490bd8f9a0_20250206_054404
7892025-02-06whole_speciescsv256List of datasetsList of species67a45a657a9fc_20250206_015133
7902025-02-05pointsshapefile43List of datasetsList of species67a35a2121c10_20250205_075033
7912025-02-05pointsshapefile1948List of datasetsList of species67a27ba289c31_20250204_215252
7922025-02-05dist_spkml11List of datasetsList of species67a3c2db44cb3_20250205_150456
7932025-02-05whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species67a313fb0c922_20250205_034038
7942025-01-30whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species679b921df20cb_20250130_100329
7952025-01-29whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species67999247474be_20250128_213357
7962025-01-29whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species67999247474be_20250128_213353
7972025-01-29whole_specieskml52List of datasetsList of species67999247474be_20250128_213348
7982025-01-28whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species679935942388c_20250128_145859
7992025-01-28whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species679935942388c_20250128_145734
8002025-01-28whole_speciescsv14List of datasetsList of species679935942388c_20250128_145835
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.