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
1862
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.
260
Years 20242023
4220
Formats requested Types requested  
csv25
shapefile17
kml11
wms1
wfs0
gdb8
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)11
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)18
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)2
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)5
All observations of species (whole_species)21
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
12024-11-22dist_taxa_h3shapefile1List of datasetsList of species674019cf156ce_20241122_004825
22024-11-15dist_taxakml4997List of datasetsList of species6737139da5b21_20241115_043550
32024-10-30dist_spcsv6List of datasetsList of species67228003bb69c_20241030_152211
42024-10-30dist_spshapefile6List of datasetsList of species67228003bb69c_20241030_152231
52024-10-30dist_spcsv6List of datasetsList of species67228003bb69c_20241030_152653
62024-10-30whole_specieswms83List of datasetsList of species67228003bb69c_20241030_162901
72024-10-30dist_spcsv6List of datasetsList of species67228003bb69c_20241030_170512
82024-10-30dist_spshapefile6List of datasetsList of species67228003bb69c_20241030_170550
92024-10-30whole_speciescsv83List of datasetsList of species67228003bb69c_20241030_152140
102024-10-30whole_speciesgdb83List of datasetsList of species67228003bb69c_20241030_154409
112024-10-30dist_spcsv6List of datasetsList of species6722a0ab6a9b2_20241030_171419
122024-10-30dist_spshapefile6List of datasetsList of species67228003bb69c_20241030_154436
132024-10-30whole_speciescsv83List of datasetsList of species67228003bb69c_20241030_162831
142024-10-30whole_speciesgdb83List of datasetsList of species67228003bb69c_20241030_162847
152024-10-30whole_speciesgdb83List of datasetsList of species67228003bb69c_20241030_151735
162024-10-30whole_speciescsv83List of datasetsList of species67228003bb69c_20241030_151630
172024-10-30whole_speciesgdb83List of datasetsList of species67228003bb69c_20241030_154233
182024-10-14dist_taxacsv7List of datasetsList of species670cd7f2a5de5_20241014_045248
192024-10-08dist_taxashapefile1List of datasetsList of species67050cdfe0b41_20241008_064851
202024-08-12dist_taxakml4997List of datasetsList of species66b99e9d7e0e0_20240812_013449
212024-07-27whole_speciesgdb528List of datasetsList of species66a4db3b15e70_20240727_074501
222024-07-24whole_speciescsv18List of datasetsList of species66a0f49153ea4_20240724_085429
232024-07-24whole_speciescsv18List of datasetsList of species66a0f49153ea4_20240724_085443
242024-07-20dist_spshapefile40List of datasetsList of species669badf95b893_20240720_083912
252024-07-20dist_spshapefile1878List of datasetsList of species669ba8178ff38_20240720_081026
262024-07-20dist_spshapefile2648List of datasetsList of species669bb1519eea6_20240720_084636
272024-06-20whole_datasetcsv51898List of datasetsList of species6674a72e6226a_20240620_181045
282024-06-20whole_datasetcsv51898List of datasetsList of species6674a72e6226a_20240620_181019
292024-05-24dist_taxa_h3shapefile2879List of datasetsList of species6650f48bc2821_20240524_162734
302024-05-24dist_taxa_h3shapefile2879List of datasetsList of species6650f48bc2821_20240524_162729
312024-04-16dist_sp_h3shapefile10List of datasetsList of species661e6a2ec15b1_20240416_081702
322024-04-16dist_sp_h3shapefile10List of datasetsList of species661e6a2ec15b1_20240416_081657
332024-04-16pointsshapefile18List of datasetsList of species661e6a2ec15b1_20240416_083136
342024-04-11dist_spcsv29List of datasetsList of species6618590ebd997_20240411_180006
352024-04-11dist_spcsv29List of datasetsList of species6618590ebd997_20240411_180009
362024-04-09whole_speciescsv6List of datasetsList of species6615b427c4fb7_20240409_174221
372024-04-09whole_speciescsv8List of datasetsList of species6615b427c4fb7_20240409_174042
382024-04-09whole_speciesgdb8List of datasetsList of species6615b427c4fb7_20240409_174054
392024-04-09whole_speciesgdb6List of datasetsList of species6615b427c4fb7_20240409_174224
402024-04-09whole_speciescsv1197List of datasetsList of species6615b427c4fb7_20240409_174400
412024-04-09whole_speciesgdb1197List of datasetsList of species6615b427c4fb7_20240409_174404
422024-03-12dist_taxakml4997List of datasetsList of species65f069f854b13_20240312_104516
432023-12-25whole_speciescsv1758List of datasetsList of species6589130509e9e_20231225_004338
442023-12-25whole_speciescsv208List of datasetsList of species6589130509e9e_20231225_002922
452023-12-25whole_speciescsv189List of datasetsList of species6589130509e9e_20231225_004051
462023-11-09dist_spcsv6List of datasetsList of species654d03e074a1b_20231109_120927
472023-11-09dist_spshapefile6List of datasetsList of species654d03e074a1b_20231109_121018
482023-11-09dist_spcsv6List of datasetsList of species654d03e074a1b_20231109_121253
492023-11-09dist_spshapefile6List of datasetsList of species654d03e074a1b_20231109_121307
502023-10-09dist_taxakml4997List of datasetsList of species652401c11ab5c_20231009_093933
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.