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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
5102004
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.
681936
Years 2026202520242023
357788529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv1184
shapefile290
kml270
wms16
wfs15
gdb229
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)49
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)669
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)36
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)113
All observations of species (whole_species)1073
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
9012025-05-14dist_spkml22List of datasetsList of species682502730642b_20250514_165635
9022025-05-14dist_spkml22List of datasetsList of species682502730642b_20250514_165630
9032025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_064159
9042025-05-14pointscsv2List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_055506
9052025-05-14pointscsv2List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_055510
9062025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_055921
9072025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_060002
9082025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_060044
9092025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_060211
9102025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_060358
9112025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_060527
9122025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_060729
9132025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_060624
9142025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_061743
9152025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_063825
9162025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_064519
9172025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_064846
9182025-05-14whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6824669e14496_20250514_055255
9192025-05-11whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species681fe6ff4884d_20250511_172053
9202025-05-11whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species681fe6ff4884d_20250511_172059
9212025-05-11whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species681fe6ff4884d_20250511_172026
9222025-05-11whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species681fe6ff4884d_20250511_172102
9232025-05-11whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species682078786eac4_20250511_061748
9242025-05-11whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species6820759daaaed_20250511_060807
9252025-05-11whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species682078786eac4_20250511_072607
9262025-05-11whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species682078786eac4_20250511_072313
9272025-05-11whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species68207988aab2c_20250511_062611
9282025-05-11pointscsv3List of datasetsList of species68208a412b5b1_20250511_073227
9292025-05-11pointscsv1List of datasetsList of species68208cdbc9b97_20250511_075023
9302025-05-09pointscsv9List of datasetsList of species681e40009f5da_20250509_135541
9312025-05-09dist_spcsv1483List of datasetsList of species681d6be68b290_20250508_225032
9322025-05-09whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species681d6be68b290_20250508_224828
9332025-05-08dist_taxashapefile20List of datasetsList of species681cabeb862b4_20250508_091116
9342025-05-07dist_spcsv46List of datasetsList of species681b7a68b19e0_20250507_113246
9352025-05-07dist_spcsv4List of datasetsList of species681af79f29a9b_20250507_020717
9362025-05-07dist_spcsv4List of datasetsList of species681af79f29a9b_20250507_020715
9372025-05-07dist_spcsv4List of datasetsList of species681af79f29a9b_20250507_020713
9382025-05-07dist_spcsv4List of datasetsList of species681af79f29a9b_20250507_020718
9392025-05-05whole_specieskml23List of datasetsList of species681901d4ce25b_20250505_142612
9402025-05-05whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species681901d4ce25b_20250505_142523
9412025-05-01dist_spkml22List of datasetsList of species6813bb86c7032_20250501_182942
9422025-05-01dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species6812adc9c779b_20250430_224846
9432025-05-01dist_spkml1List of datasetsList of species6812adc9c779b_20250430_224750
9442025-05-01dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species6812adc9c779b_20250430_224805
9452025-04-29whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species68112f31cb6e2_20250429_161112
9462025-04-29dist_spcsv14List of datasetsList of species681134c6be239_20250429_162710
9472025-04-29dist_spcsv22List of datasetsList of species68112f31cb6e2_20250429_161904
9482025-04-29dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species68112f31cb6e2_20250429_161637
9492025-04-29dist_spcsv807List of datasetsList of species681134c6be239_20250429_162229
9502025-04-29whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species68112f31cb6e2_20250429_155943
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.