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

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
4441649
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.
641585
Years 2026202520242023
2788529330
Formats requested Types requested  
csv942
shapefile234
kml237
wms10
wfs10
gdb216
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)34
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)482
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)34
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)90
All observations of species (whole_species)947
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
9512024-11-06whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species672b72632240c_20241106_095306
9522024-11-06whole_speciesgdb7List of datasetsList of species672b72632240c_20241106_095050
9532024-11-06whole_specieskml52List of datasetsList of species672b72632240c_20241106_100125
9542024-11-06whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species672b72632240c_20241106_100103
9552024-11-06whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species672b72632240c_20241106_084558
9562024-11-06whole_specieskml2List of datasetsList of species672b72632240c_20241106_084644
9572024-11-06whole_specieskml7List of datasetsList of species672b72632240c_20241106_095115
9582024-11-06whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species672b72632240c_20241106_095257
9592024-11-06whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species672b72632240c_20241106_100041
9602024-11-06whole_specieskml9List of datasetsList of species672b72632240c_20241106_095325
9612024-11-05whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_161427
9622024-11-05whole_specieskml5List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_161713
9632024-11-05whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_162339
9642024-11-05whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_162159
9652024-11-05whole_speciescsv5List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_161417
9662024-11-05whole_speciesgdb43List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_162524
9672024-11-05whole_specieskml43List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_162947
9682024-11-05whole_specieskml15List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_161128
9692024-11-05whole_speciesgdb15List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_161055
9702024-11-05whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_161015
9712024-11-05whole_specieskml9List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_160757
9722024-11-05whole_speciesgdb5List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_161520
9732024-11-05whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_160721
9742024-11-05whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_160410
9752024-11-05whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_160725
9762024-11-05whole_speciesgdb43List of datasetsList of species672a85e527fe0_20241105_162817
9772024-11-05whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species67296a2154235_20241104_194640
9782024-11-05whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species67296637f0955_20241104_193150
9792024-11-04pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species67295cbc38594_20241104_185305
9802024-11-04whole_speciescsv43List of datasetsList of species672933ae7c7ea_20241104_155353
9812024-11-03dist_spshapefile707List of datasetsList of species67280cbbdede0_20241103_185633
9822024-11-01whole_speciescsv917List of datasetsList of species67251349d3cba_20241101_142210
9832024-10-31whole_speciescsv14List of datasetsList of species6723fdc9163d0_20241031_180221
9842024-10-31whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species6723fdc9163d0_20241031_181647
9852024-10-31whole_speciesgdb9List of datasetsList of species6723abd4942af_20241031_122120
9862024-10-30pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species6722b6778d7bf_20241030_192506
9872024-10-30pointscsv4List of datasetsList of species6722b6778d7bf_20241030_192503
9882024-10-29dist_spcsv181List of datasetsList of species6720cc0754bb5_20241029_075615
9892024-10-28whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species671f5e9f4850b_20241028_061047
9902024-10-28whole_speciescsv9List of datasetsList of species671f5e9f4850b_20241028_061056
9912024-10-28dist_spshapefile181List of datasetsList of species671fd7482fcc9_20241028_143050
9922024-10-28whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species671fd406caafb_20241028_142550
9932024-10-28whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species671fd406caafb_20241028_142534
9942024-10-28whole_speciesgdb52List of datasetsList of species671fd406caafb_20241028_142554
9952024-10-28whole_datasetcsv1948List of datasetsList of species671faafd3c30b_20241028_112039
9962024-10-27dist_spcsv1666List of datasetsList of species671dd4164ee2b_20241027_015901
9972024-10-27dist_spshapefile1666List of datasetsList of species671dd4164ee2b_20241027_015629
9982024-10-21whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species6716bd9605b82_20241021_165226
9992024-10-21whole_speciescsv52List of datasetsList of species6716bd9605b82_20241021_165227
10002024-10-21dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species671679deea5da_20241021_123844
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.