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
1976
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.
274
Years 202520242023
193720
Formats requested Types requested  
csv23
shapefile26
kml19
wms0
wfs0
gdb8
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)19
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)27
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)1
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)5
All observations of species (whole_species)19
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
12025-04-10dist_spshapefile311List of datasetsList of species67f742189e69c_20250410_001125
22025-04-10dist_spshapefile171List of datasetsList of species67f74818b1868_20250410_002650
32025-04-10dist_spshapefile311List of datasetsList of species67f742189e69c_20250410_001918
42025-04-10dist_spshapefile311List of datasetsList of species67f7f6334e5d6_20250410_141346
52025-04-10dist_spshapefile311List of datasetsList of species67f7f6334e5d6_20250410_130321
62025-04-10dist_spshapefile171List of datasetsList of species67f7f6334e5d6_20250410_125424
72025-04-10dist_spshapefile171List of datasetsList of species67f742189e69c_20250410_000323
82025-04-10dist_spshapefile311List of datasetsList of species67f742189e69c_20250410_000715
92025-04-10dist_spshapefile171List of datasetsList of species67f74818b1868_20250410_002803
102025-04-10dist_spshapefile171List of datasetsList of species67f74818b1868_20250410_002619
112025-04-09dist_taxakml4997List of datasetsList of species67f6adefab61c_20250409_132724
122025-04-06dist_taxakml4997List of datasetsList of species67f29b7e32f0b_20250406_111959
132025-03-24dist_taxakml4997List of datasetsList of species67e156f432e88_20250324_085851
142025-03-24dist_taxakml4997List of datasetsList of species67e168b1538e4_20250324_101516
152025-03-24dist_taxakml4997List of datasetsList of species67e168b1538e4_20250324_101517
162025-03-24dist_taxakml4997List of datasetsList of species67e14571874f2_20250324_074619
172025-03-24dist_taxakml4997List of datasetsList of species67e15ba8c9a38_20250324_092102
182025-03-07pointsshapefile83List of datasetsList of species67cb67dfb886a_20250307_164837
192025-01-14dist_taxakml4997List of datasetsList of species67869dedd5921_20250114_122624
202024-11-22dist_taxa_h3shapefile1List of datasetsList of species674019cf156ce_20241122_004825
212024-11-15dist_taxakml4997List of datasetsList of species6737139da5b21_20241115_043550
222024-10-30dist_spcsv6List of datasetsList of species67228003bb69c_20241030_152653
232024-10-30dist_spshapefile6List of datasetsList of species67228003bb69c_20241030_152231
242024-10-30dist_spcsv6List of datasetsList of species67228003bb69c_20241030_152211
252024-10-30whole_speciesgdb83List of datasetsList of species67228003bb69c_20241030_154409
262024-10-30whole_speciescsv83List of datasetsList of species67228003bb69c_20241030_152140
272024-10-30dist_spcsv6List of datasetsList of species6722a0ab6a9b2_20241030_171419
282024-10-30whole_speciescsv83List of datasetsList of species67228003bb69c_20241030_151630
292024-10-30whole_speciesgdb83List of datasetsList of species67228003bb69c_20241030_151735
302024-10-30whole_speciesgdb83List of datasetsList of species67228003bb69c_20241030_162847
312024-10-30whole_speciescsv83List of datasetsList of species67228003bb69c_20241030_162831
322024-10-30whole_speciesgdb83List of datasetsList of species67228003bb69c_20241030_154233
332024-10-30dist_spcsv6List of datasetsList of species67228003bb69c_20241030_170512
342024-10-30dist_spshapefile6List of datasetsList of species67228003bb69c_20241030_170550
352024-10-30dist_spshapefile6List of datasetsList of species67228003bb69c_20241030_154436
362024-10-14dist_taxacsv7List of datasetsList of species670cd7f2a5de5_20241014_045248
372024-10-08dist_taxashapefile1List of datasetsList of species67050cdfe0b41_20241008_064851
382024-08-12dist_taxakml4997List of datasetsList of species66b99e9d7e0e0_20240812_013449
392024-07-27whole_speciesgdb528List of datasetsList of species66a4db3b15e70_20240727_074501
402024-07-24whole_speciescsv18List of datasetsList of species66a0f49153ea4_20240724_085429
412024-07-20dist_spshapefile40List of datasetsList of species669badf95b893_20240720_083912
422024-07-20dist_spshapefile1878List of datasetsList of species669ba8178ff38_20240720_081026
432024-07-20dist_spshapefile2648List of datasetsList of species669bb1519eea6_20240720_084636
442024-06-20whole_datasetcsv51898List of datasetsList of species6674a72e6226a_20240620_181045
452024-06-20whole_datasetcsv51898List of datasetsList of species6674a72e6226a_20240620_181019
462024-05-24dist_taxa_h3shapefile2879List of datasetsList of species6650f48bc2821_20240524_162729
472024-05-24dist_taxa_h3shapefile2879List of datasetsList of species6650f48bc2821_20240524_162734
482024-04-16dist_sp_h3shapefile10List of datasetsList of species661e6a2ec15b1_20240416_081657
492024-04-11dist_spcsv29List of datasetsList of species6618590ebd997_20240411_180006
502024-04-09whole_speciesgdb1197List of datasetsList of species6615b427c4fb7_20240409_174404
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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.