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
2980
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.
476
Years 202520242023
85220
Formats requested Types requested  
csv39
shapefile17
kml15
wms2
wfs1
gdb6
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)11
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)2
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)27
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)1
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)6
All observations of species (whole_species)32
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
12025-02-24dist_spshapefile2List of datasetsList of species67bca7d0ae84d_20250224_130020
22025-02-24dist_spshapefile2List of datasetsList of species67bca7d0ae84d_20250224_125345
32025-02-24whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species67bca7d0ae84d_20250224_130716
42025-02-17whole_speciesgdb1321List of datasetsList of species67b32c47dd6e2_20250217_073329
52025-02-16dist_spkml5List of datasetsList of species67b25bf230f96_20250216_164729
62025-01-14dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species67869dedd5921_20250114_122624
72025-01-14dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species67869dedd5921_20250114_123647
82025-01-14dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species67869dedd5921_20250114_122626
92024-12-02whole_speciescsv10List of datasetsList of species674d49d603068_20241202_005139
102024-12-02whole_speciescsv10List of datasetsList of species674d49d603068_20241202_005142
112024-12-01dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species674bcb7736412_20241130_222212
122024-12-01dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species674bcb7736412_20241130_222619
132024-12-01dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species674bcb7736412_20241130_214122
142024-11-25whole_speciescsv12List of datasetsList of species6743e277c2625_20241124_224413
152024-11-25whole_speciescsv12List of datasetsList of species6743e277c2625_20241124_213745
162024-11-20whole_speciescsv12List of datasetsList of species673d5c9720db7_20241119_225522
172024-11-15dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species6737139da5b21_20241115_043550
182024-11-14whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species67354d2d65d33_20241113_230305
192024-11-14whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species67354d2d65d33_20241113_230307
202024-10-29whole_speciesgdb7List of datasetsList of species67215a58800e6_20241029_180154
212024-10-29whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species67215a58800e6_20241029_180005
222024-10-29whole_specieskml7List of datasetsList of species67215a58800e6_20241029_180233
232024-10-29whole_specieswfs7List of datasetsList of species67215a58800e6_20241029_180303
242024-10-29whole_specieswms7List of datasetsList of species67215a58800e6_20241029_180328
252024-10-27whole_speciesgdb12List of datasetsList of species671e8b2064fcb_20241027_145934
262024-08-12dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species66b99e9d7e0e0_20240812_013449
272024-07-25dist_spshapefile1976List of datasetsList of species66a26cbf58aff_20240725_111955
282024-07-10dist_spcsv1027List of datasetsList of species668e5ef84d629_20240710_061440
292024-07-06whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species6688d13c0dbc9_20240706_013348
302024-07-06dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species6688cb1a583d2_20240706_004816
312024-07-06whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species6688d13c0dbc9_20240706_013023
322024-05-24dist_taxa_h3shapefile1049List of datasetsList of species6650f48bc2821_20240524_162729
332024-05-24dist_taxa_h3shapefile1049List of datasetsList of species6650f48bc2821_20240524_162734
342024-05-04dist_spcsv1976List of datasetsList of species66365ca4ee3af_20240504_121530
352024-05-04pointscsv2182List of datasetsList of species66365ca4ee3af_20240504_125113
362024-05-02pointsshapefile2182List of datasetsList of species6634092535e48_20240502_175122
372024-05-02pointsshapefile2182List of datasetsList of species6634092535e48_20240502_175125
382024-04-23whole_speciescsv12List of datasetsList of species662803ca28c43_20240423_145445
392024-04-03dist_spwms1976List of datasetsList of species660d4fa21fcfd_20240403_085211
402024-04-03dist_spshapefile1976List of datasetsList of species660d4fa21fcfd_20240403_085159
412024-04-03dist_spkml1976List of datasetsList of species660d4fa21fcfd_20240403_085202
422024-03-12dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species65f069f854b13_20240312_104516
432024-03-10whole_datasetcsv2182List of datasetsList of species65ee2371d42e2_20240310_172039
442024-03-01whole_speciescsv10List of datasetsList of species65e1af6fa9501_20240301_053727
452024-03-01dist_spkml10List of datasetsList of species65e1af6fa9501_20240301_054146
462024-02-23whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species65d8bd5312676_20240223_104541
472024-02-23whole_speciescsv12List of datasetsList of species65d8b32d35034_20240223_100458
482024-02-23whole_speciescsv10List of datasetsList of species65d8c578eefb4_20240223_111940
492024-02-23whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species65d8bf157e720_20240223_111721
502024-02-17dist_sp_h3shapefile1053List of datasetsList of species65d042de9fdc6_20240217_004346
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.