Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (AfrOBIS)
Rob Cooper, Marine and Coastal Management; Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
36108
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.
3105
Years 202520242023
404820
Formats requested Types requested  
csv59
shapefile18
kml25
wms0
wfs0
gdb6
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)19
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)2
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)37
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)1
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)5
All observations of species (whole_species)43
All observations in dataset (whole_dataset)1
  • 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
12025-07-01dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species686408983f2fb_20250701_121458
22025-07-01dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species686408983f2fb_20250701_121454
32025-06-30dist_spcsv1027List of datasetsList of species6861ed703a1c7_20250629_215059
42025-06-30dist_spcsv1027List of datasetsList of species6861ed703a1c7_20250629_215102
52025-06-30dist_spcsv1027List of datasetsList of species6861ed703a1c7_20250629_215100
62025-06-30dist_spcsv1027List of datasetsList of species6861ed703a1c7_20250629_215101
72025-06-28dist_spcsv1027List of datasetsList of species685f8ec31796a_20250628_024228
82025-06-27whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species685e7ba23f4af_20250627_071812
92025-06-27whole_speciescsv12List of datasetsList of species685e7ba23f4af_20250627_071312
102025-06-27whole_speciescsv10List of datasetsList of species685e7ba23f4af_20250627_072735
112025-06-27whole_speciescsv587List of datasetsList of species685e7ba23f4af_20250627_072634
122025-06-27whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species685e7ba23f4af_20250627_072223
132025-06-27whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species685e7ba23f4af_20250627_071703
142025-06-27whole_speciescsv1321List of datasetsList of species685e7ba23f4af_20250627_072102
152025-06-27whole_speciescsv4List of datasetsList of species685e7ba23f4af_20250627_071942
162025-06-25dist_spshapefile1027List of datasetsList of species685ba115f3cbc_20250625_031201
172025-06-17dist_spshapefile1027List of datasetsList of species685148ee0d30c_20250617_065610
182025-06-13whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species684c113981a1e_20250613_082515
192025-06-13whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species684c113981a1e_20250613_083017
202025-06-13whole_speciescsv10List of datasetsList of species684c113981a1e_20250613_083334
212025-06-13whole_speciescsv1321List of datasetsList of species684c113981a1e_20250613_082832
222025-06-13whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species684c113981a1e_20250613_082604
232025-05-12dist_spcsv1027List of datasetsList of species681ea02cc1fd0_20250512_103549
242025-04-25dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species680bcf6c85769_20250425_140753
252025-04-21dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species68067ff7c8c2d_20250421_133021
262025-04-09dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species67f6adefab61c_20250409_132724
272025-04-06dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species67f29b7e32f0b_20250406_111959
282025-04-06dist_spkml2112List of datasetsList of species67f28d372679f_20250406_105014
292025-04-06dist_spkml2112List of datasetsList of species67f28d372679f_20250406_105029
302025-03-24dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species67e14571874f2_20250324_074619
312025-03-24dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species67e15ba8c9a38_20250324_092102
322025-03-24dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species67e168b1538e4_20250324_101516
332025-03-24dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species67e168b1538e4_20250324_101517
342025-03-24dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species67e156f432e88_20250324_085851
352025-02-24dist_spshapefile2List of datasetsList of species67bca7d0ae84d_20250224_130020
362025-02-24whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species67bca7d0ae84d_20250224_130716
372025-02-24dist_spshapefile2List of datasetsList of species67bca7d0ae84d_20250224_125345
382025-02-17whole_speciesgdb1321List of datasetsList of species67b32c47dd6e2_20250217_073329
392025-02-16dist_spkml5List of datasetsList of species67b25bf230f96_20250216_164729
402025-01-14dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species67869dedd5921_20250114_122624
412024-12-02whole_speciescsv10List of datasetsList of species674d49d603068_20241202_005142
422024-12-02whole_speciescsv10List of datasetsList of species674d49d603068_20241202_005139
432024-12-01dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species674bcb7736412_20241130_222619
442024-12-01dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species674bcb7736412_20241130_222212
452024-12-01dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species674bcb7736412_20241130_214122
462024-11-25whole_speciescsv12List of datasetsList of species6743e277c2625_20241124_213745
472024-11-25whole_speciescsv12List of datasetsList of species6743e277c2625_20241124_224413
482024-11-20whole_speciescsv12List of datasetsList of species673d5c9720db7_20241119_225522
492024-11-15dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species6737139da5b21_20241115_043550
502024-11-14whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species67354d2d65d33_20241113_230307
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.