Animal Demography Unit - South African Bird Ringing Unit (SAFRING)
Michael Brooks, University of Cape Town; Department of Zoology

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
32122
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.
2120
Years 202520242023
653720
Formats requested Types requested  
csv46
shapefile32
kml35
wms0
wfs0
gdb9
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)38
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)29
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)1
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)5
All observations of species (whole_species)44
All observations in dataset (whole_dataset)2
  • 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
12025-12-29whole_specieskml15List of datasetsList of species6952b81019e55_20251229_122131
22025-12-29whole_speciescsv15List of datasetsList of species6952b81019e55_20251229_122210
32025-12-27whole_specieskml8718List of datasetsList of species695024cfb1acb_20251227_132803
42025-12-27whole_specieskml18List of datasetsList of species69502fd4eedc0_20251227_141438
52025-12-27whole_speciescsv18List of datasetsList of species69502fd4eedc0_20251227_141453
62025-12-27whole_speciescsv8718List of datasetsList of species695024cfb1acb_20251227_132823
72025-12-24whole_specieskml83List of datasetsList of species694c60395b9b7_20251224_165447
82025-12-24whole_speciescsv83List of datasetsList of species694c60395b9b7_20251224_165512
92025-12-12dist_taxakml4997List of datasetsList of species693c0e96da2f2_20251212_080041
102025-12-11whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species693abc767076f_20251211_080545
112025-12-11whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species693abc767076f_20251211_075143
122025-12-11whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species693abc767076f_20251211_075136
132025-12-10dist_taxakml4997List of datasetsList of species6938e190004f7_20251209_220043
142025-11-12whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species6914b8a029729_20251112_114131
152025-11-04dist_taxakml4997List of datasetsList of species690a195e8c3b2_20251104_102354
162025-10-28whole_speciescsv18List of datasetsList of species6900fac3ace36_20251028_132346
172025-10-24whole_specieskml29List of datasetsList of species68fc03c7c8add_20251024_191509
182025-10-24whole_specieskml189List of datasetsList of species68fc03c7c8add_20251024_191727
192025-10-17dist_taxacsv3List of datasetsList of species68f1cbef828ca_20251017_010023
202025-10-13dist_taxacsv4997List of datasetsList of species68ec7a64084b5_20251013_001313
212025-10-13dist_taxashapefile4997List of datasetsList of species68ec7a64084b5_20251013_001420
222025-10-07dist_taxakml4997List of datasetsList of species68e596e6344ac_20251007_184348
232025-10-04dist_taxakml4997List of datasetsList of species68e142e783bb4_20251004_115332
242025-09-25dist_spshapefile5174List of datasetsList of species68d57ae69cacd_20250925_134345
252025-09-25dist_spshapefile5174List of datasetsList of species68d57ae69cacd_20250925_134341
262025-09-23dist_taxakml4997List of datasetsList of species68d265366d959_20250923_051839
272025-08-13whole_speciescsv79List of datasetsList of species689beecc8b023_20250812_214813
282025-07-21dist_taxacsv1List of datasetsList of species687ed00398221_20250721_194738
292025-07-21dist_taxacsv1List of datasetsList of species687ed00398221_20250721_194733
302025-07-21dist_taxashapefile1List of datasetsList of species687ed00398221_20250721_194742
312025-07-09dist_taxakml4997List of datasetsList of species686ee13718115_20250709_174310
322025-07-01dist_taxakml4997List of datasetsList of species686408983f2fb_20250701_121454
332025-07-01dist_taxakml4997List of datasetsList of species686408983f2fb_20250701_121458
342025-06-17dist_taxashapefile892List of datasetsList of species6851152474048_20250617_033653
352025-06-17dist_taxacsv892List of datasetsList of species6851152474048_20250617_033209
362025-06-11dist_taxashapefile84List of datasetsList of species68494aa7da199_20250611_052228
372025-06-05whole_speciescsv3263List of datasetsList of species68410daed3f5b_20250604_232450
382025-06-05whole_speciescsv1673List of datasetsList of species68410dabcbb74_20250604_232438
392025-06-05whole_speciescsv151List of datasetsList of species68410dad578a6_20250604_232501
402025-06-05whole_speciescsv4List of datasetsList of species68410dae4ca75_20250604_232513
412025-05-17whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species682885d22f36c_20250517_085244
422025-05-17whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species682885d22f36c_20250517_085130
432025-05-17whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species682885d22f36c_20250517_085201
442025-05-17whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species682885d22f36c_20250517_085128
452025-05-17whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species682885d22f36c_20250517_085129
462025-04-25dist_taxakml4997List of datasetsList of species680bcf6c85769_20250425_140753
472025-04-10dist_spshapefile171List of datasetsList of species67f74818b1868_20250410_002803
482025-04-10dist_spshapefile311List of datasetsList of species67f742189e69c_20250410_001918
492025-04-10dist_spshapefile311List of datasetsList of species67f742189e69c_20250410_001125
502025-04-10dist_spshapefile171List of datasetsList of species67f74818b1868_20250410_002650
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.