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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
5282078
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.
762002
Years 2026202520242023
431788529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv1215
shapefile292
kml291
wms16
wfs17
gdb247
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)61
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)679
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)36
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)113
All observations of species (whole_species)1117
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
9512025-05-17whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68288a3de11f6_20250517_091341
9522025-05-17whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68288a3de11f6_20250517_091356
9532025-05-17whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species68288a3de11f6_20250517_091239
9542025-05-17whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species68288941e3b91_20250517_090417
9552025-05-16dist_spshapefile1096List of datasetsList of species68269084da954_20250515_213031
9562025-05-16dist_spcsv1096List of datasetsList of species68269084da954_20250515_212429
9572025-05-15whole_speciesgdb15List of datasetsList of species6825e43042c06_20250515_091448
9582025-05-15whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6825e43042c06_20250515_091359
9592025-05-15whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6825e43042c06_20250515_092949
9602025-05-15whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6825e43042c06_20250515_092959
9612025-05-15whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species6825eccf4ed03_20250515_093248
9622025-05-15whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6825e43042c06_20250515_091400
9632025-05-15whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6825eccf4ed03_20250515_093426
9642025-05-15whole_speciesgdb15List of datasetsList of species6825e43042c06_20250515_091409
9652025-05-15whole_speciesgdb15List of datasetsList of species6825e43042c06_20250515_091430
9662025-05-15dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species6825aa17b402b_20250515_045002
9672025-05-15dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species6825af4682e7b_20250515_051417
9682025-05-15dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species6825af4682e7b_20250515_052958
9692025-05-15dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species6825af4682e7b_20250515_055305
9702025-05-15whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species682598ac3ccdc_20250515_040233
9712025-05-14whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species682468d20e3c4_20250514_065642
9722025-05-14dist_spcsv1666List of datasetsList of species682468d20e3c4_20250514_062631
9732025-05-14whole_speciesgdb23List of datasetsList of species6824aaf8adf87_20250514_104816
9742025-05-14whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6824aaf8adf87_20250514_104803
9752025-05-14dist_spkml22List of datasetsList of species682502730642b_20250514_165630
9762025-05-14dist_spkml22List of datasetsList of species682502730642b_20250514_165635
9772025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_060624
9782025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_063825
9792025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_064519
9802025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_064159
9812025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_064846
9822025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_060527
9832025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_060002
9842025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_055921
9852025-05-14pointscsv2List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_055510
9862025-05-14pointscsv2List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_055506
9872025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_060044
9882025-05-14whole_speciescsv23List of datasetsList of species6824669e14496_20250514_055255
9892025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_060211
9902025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_060358
9912025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_060729
9922025-05-14pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species68246814cbc53_20250514_061743
9932025-05-11whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species681fe6ff4884d_20250511_172053
9942025-05-11whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species681fe6ff4884d_20250511_172026
9952025-05-11whole_speciesgdb917List of datasetsList of species681fe6ff4884d_20250511_172059
9962025-05-11whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species681fe6ff4884d_20250511_172102
9972025-05-11whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species682078786eac4_20250511_061748
9982025-05-11pointscsv1List of datasetsList of species68208cdbc9b97_20250511_075023
9992025-05-11whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species68207988aab2c_20250511_062611
10002025-05-11whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species6820759daaaed_20250511_060807
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.