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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
5182033
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.
681965
Years 2026202520242023
386788529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv1198
shapefile290
kml277
wms16
wfs15
gdb237
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)50
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)672
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)36
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)113
All observations of species (whole_species)1098
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
8512025-06-08whole_specieskml268List of datasetsList of species6844e4edaeaa6_20250607_212920
8522025-06-08whole_specieskml268List of datasetsList of species6844e4edaeaa6_20250607_212917
8532025-06-08whole_specieskml23List of datasetsList of species6844e887e3ab8_20250607_213544
8542025-06-05whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species6841fee69c310_20250605_163526
8552025-06-05whole_speciesgdb15List of datasetsList of species68420009112ad_20250605_163827
8562025-06-05whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species6841fdb438ffa_20250605_163020
8572025-06-05dist_spcsv181List of datasetsList of species684185b73af3e_20250605_080033
8582025-06-05dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species684185be3dbca_20250605_080058
8592025-06-05dist_spcsv3List of datasetsList of species684185bb22aa3_20250605_080217
8602025-06-05whole_speciescsv256List of datasetsList of species6840f8193ab05_20250604_215242
8612025-06-05dist_spcsv34List of datasetsList of species684185bd51c06_20250605_080154
8622025-06-05whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68418a32a2687_20250605_081813
8632025-06-05whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68418a32a2687_20250605_081904
8642025-06-05dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species684185badb85f_20250605_080143
8652025-06-05dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species684185c00bebb_20250605_080227
8662025-06-05dist_spcsv10List of datasetsList of species684185b99b4cf_20250605_080134
8672025-06-05dist_spcsv59List of datasetsList of species684185be0b4a7_20250605_080014
8682025-06-05dist_spcsv707List of datasetsList of species68418a32a2687_20250605_081647
8692025-06-03whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species683f0bb18a71d_20250603_105209
8702025-06-03whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species683f0bb18a71d_20250603_105234
8712025-06-03whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species683f0bb18a71d_20250603_105242
8722025-06-03whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species683f0bb18a71d_20250603_105221
8732025-06-02dist_spkml807List of datasetsList of species683df3e0df70b_20250602_145831
8742025-06-02dist_spkml707List of datasetsList of species683df3e0df70b_20250602_145826
8752025-05-31whole_specieskml2List of datasetsList of species683b12013e6f8_20250531_112606
8762025-05-31dist_spshapefile7List of datasetsList of species683b12013e6f8_20250531_103937
8772025-05-31dist_spshapefile7List of datasetsList of species683b12013e6f8_20250531_103457
8782025-05-31dist_spshapefile7List of datasetsList of species683b12013e6f8_20250531_111951
8792025-05-30whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species683a0f9d90c38_20250530_161015
8802025-05-27dist_spshapefile829List of datasetsList of species68364057879e8_20250527_185606
8812025-05-27dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species6835c4e584075_20250527_100543
8822025-05-27whole_speciescsv39List of datasetsList of species6835b07b1a9c4_20250527_083658
8832025-05-26whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species6833e49296ec7_20250525_235419
8842025-05-25whole_specieskml268List of datasetsList of species68338aa7d777d_20250525_180305
8852025-05-25whole_specieskml268List of datasetsList of species68338aa7d777d_20250525_175629
8862025-05-24pointsshapefile1908List of datasetsList of species6832548c79870_20250524_192651
8872025-05-24whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species6832109136c91_20250524_143532
8882025-05-23dist_spshapefile1628List of datasetsList of species682fbed623742_20250522_202240
8892025-05-23dist_spcsv1628List of datasetsList of species682fbed623742_20250522_202435
8902025-05-21dist_spshapefile741List of datasetsList of species682dccbc04527_20250521_100451
8912025-05-21dist_spshapefile842List of datasetsList of species682dccbc04527_20250521_101111
8922025-05-21dist_spshapefile807List of datasetsList of species682dccbc04527_20250521_105502
8932025-05-21dist_spshapefile707List of datasetsList of species682dccbc04527_20250521_110425
8942025-05-20dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species682bdc6a3969b_20250519_213901
8952025-05-20dist_spcsv59List of datasetsList of species682bdf0ae12c4_20250519_221142
8962025-05-20whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species682c593e09d99_20250520_063821
8972025-05-17whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species6827d82a29007_20250516_205509
8982025-05-17whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species6827d82a29007_20250516_211148
8992025-05-17whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species6827d82a29007_20250516_204555
9002025-05-17whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species6827d82a29007_20250516_211041
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.