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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
3241086
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.
521034
Years 202520242023
227529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv604
shapefile135
kml173
wms1
wfs5
gdb168
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)21
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)290
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)13
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)52
All observations of species (whole_species)660
All observations in dataset (whole_dataset)47
  • 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
8512023-09-20whole_speciescsv268List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_071330
8522023-09-20whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_071248
8532023-09-20whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_071059
8542023-09-20whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_070932
8552023-09-20whole_speciescsv65List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_070638
8562023-09-20whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_070012
8572023-09-20whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_065858
8582023-09-20whole_speciescsv3List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_070237
8592023-09-20whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species650acf1c0ea89_20230920_065628
8602023-09-20whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species650acc2354f96_20230920_064530
8612023-09-20whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species650acff4503a2_20230920_070506
8622023-09-19whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species65097a7ca6fdf_20230919_064858
8632023-09-19whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species65097a7ca6fdf_20230919_064850
8642023-09-19dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species6509792757183_20230919_063940
8652023-09-19dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species6509792757183_20230919_064841
8662023-09-19dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species6509792757183_20230919_064521
8672023-09-18dist_taxakml1483List of datasetsList of species6508f34525502_20230918_210342
8682023-09-18dist_spkml46List of datasetsList of species65087e6c22fd8_20230918_125243
8692023-09-17whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species6506837f5d95d_20230917_004851
8702023-09-14whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6503366e2a46d_20230914_124000
8712023-09-05dist_spcsv379List of datasetsList of species64f73031c1008_20230905_095021
8722023-09-01whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species64f20016a992e_20230901_111555
8732023-09-01whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species64f1fa6bc2524_20230901_105137
8742023-09-01whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species64f202e360473_20230901_112748
8752023-09-01whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species64f202e360473_20230901_113139
8762023-09-01whole_speciesshapefile268List of datasetsList of species64f1f54e36202_20230901_103127
8772023-09-01whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species64f1ef3934965_20230901_101340
8782023-09-01whole_speciesgdb268List of datasetsList of species64f204b6ee96e_20230901_113624
8792023-09-01whole_speciesshapefile65List of datasetsList of species64f1f54e36202_20230901_103538
8802023-09-01whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species64f1f9ea6df0d_20230901_104930
8812023-08-31pointskml84List of datasetsList of species64ee146c73474_20230831_122158
8822023-08-31dist_spshapefile22List of datasetsList of species64f0b75387a90_20230831_120753
8832023-08-31dist_spshapefile22List of datasetsList of species64f0b75387a90_20230831_120147
8842023-08-30pointskml256List of datasetsList of species64f006b1a9c43_20230830_234434
8852023-08-30pointsshapefile256List of datasetsList of species64f006b1a9c43_20230830_234217
8862023-08-30pointskml256List of datasetsList of species64f006b1a9c43_20230830_233939
8872023-08-30pointskml256List of datasetsList of species64f006b1a9c43_20230830_233808
8882023-08-29pointskml1948List of datasetsList of species64ee62af81f40_20230829_173437
8892023-08-29dist_spcsv45List of datasetsList of species64ee070a6ae19_20230829_110844
8902023-08-29dist_spshapefile45List of datasetsList of species64ee070a6ae19_20230829_110856
8912023-08-28dist_spkml1List of datasetsList of species64eca9c09ff24_20230828_105346
8922023-08-26whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species64ea060b997b3_20230826_100605
8932023-08-18whole_speciesgdb65List of datasetsList of species64df76fedbd23_20230818_095325
8942023-08-18whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species64df75aba25b0_20230818_094456
8952023-08-18whole_speciesgdb15List of datasetsList of species64df76394a97e_20230818_094700
8962023-08-18whole_speciesgdb256List of datasetsList of species64df78eb5f7c1_20230818_095829
8972023-08-18whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species64df358e3ce7c_20230818_051230
8982023-08-18whole_speciesgdb65List of datasetsList of species64df76fedbd23_20230818_095328
8992023-08-18whole_speciesgdb268List of datasetsList of species64df22669ddc6_20230818_034947
9002023-08-18whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species64df33f5f1c55_20230818_050415
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.