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
50149
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.
5144
Years 202520242023
814820
Formats requested Types requested  
csv76
shapefile27
kml36
wms2
wfs2
gdb6
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)28
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)2
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)52
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)1
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)7
All observations of species (whole_species)58
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
12025-12-24whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species694c27c786c7d_20251224_125214
22025-12-24whole_specieskml7List of datasetsList of species694c27c786c7d_20251224_125203
32025-12-24whole_speciescsv10List of datasetsList of species694c21d16d85a_20251224_123438
42025-12-24whole_specieskml10List of datasetsList of species694c21d16d85a_20251224_123427
52025-12-16dist_spkml9List of datasetsList of species69413880d5813_20251216_054953
62025-12-12dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species693c0e96da2f2_20251212_080041
72025-12-10dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species6938e190004f7_20251209_220043
82025-12-09pointsshapefile2182List of datasetsList of species69389a7cbdf2c_20251209_165815
92025-12-09pointscsv2182List of datasetsList of species6938986246606_20251209_164630
102025-11-17dist_spshapefile1027List of datasetsList of species691b6d2f43dc9_20251117_134851
112025-11-16whole_specieswms2List of datasetsList of species6919ee50b18b0_20251116_145056
122025-11-16whole_specieswfs2List of datasetsList of species6919ee50b18b0_20251116_144832
132025-11-16whole_specieswms2List of datasetsList of species6919ee50b18b0_20251116_145126
142025-11-16whole_specieswfs2List of datasetsList of species6919ee50b18b0_20251116_144835
152025-11-09whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species6910af6fe29b0_20251109_102241
162025-11-06dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species690bfde010613_20251106_133623
172025-11-06dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species690cebd6af712_20251106_134308
182025-11-04dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species690a195e8c3b2_20251104_102354
192025-10-22whole_speciescsv238List of datasetsList of species68f8885980279_20251022_033200
202025-10-22whole_speciescsv12List of datasetsList of species68f870373aaf3_20251022_020449
212025-10-18dist_spshapefile2112List of datasetsList of species68f3456c67e89_20251018_041734
222025-10-18dist_spshapefile2112List of datasetsList of species68f3456c67e89_20251018_035525
232025-10-13dist_taxacsv1027List of datasetsList of species68ec7a64084b5_20251013_001313
242025-10-13dist_taxashapefile1027List of datasetsList of species68ec7a64084b5_20251013_001420
252025-10-07dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species68e596e6344ac_20251007_184348
262025-10-05whole_speciescsv10List of datasetsList of species68e26a5303136_20251005_085654
272025-10-04dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species68e142e783bb4_20251004_115332
282025-10-04whole_speciescsv10List of datasetsList of species68e0fa0e3d524_20251004_064833
292025-10-04whole_speciescsv10List of datasetsList of species68e0fa0e3d524_20251004_065714
302025-10-04whole_speciescsv10List of datasetsList of species68e0fa0e3d524_20251004_064926
312025-10-04dist_spcsv1027List of datasetsList of species68e092d3bb51e_20251003_232648
322025-10-02dist_spcsv1027List of datasetsList of species68decd81595ef_20251002_151044
332025-10-02dist_spkml1027List of datasetsList of species68dece73148a1_20251002_151532
342025-09-25dist_spshapefile2108List of datasetsList of species68d57ae69cacd_20250925_134345
352025-09-25dist_spshapefile2108List of datasetsList of species68d57ae69cacd_20250925_134341
362025-09-23dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species68d265366d959_20250923_051839
372025-08-10dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250810_080541
382025-08-10dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250810_080611
392025-08-10dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250810_080615
402025-08-10dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250810_080552
412025-07-09dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species686ee13718115_20250709_174310
422025-07-01dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species686408983f2fb_20250701_121454
432025-07-01dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species686408983f2fb_20250701_121458
442025-06-30dist_spcsv1027List of datasetsList of species6861ed703a1c7_20250629_215102
452025-06-30dist_spcsv1027List of datasetsList of species6861ed703a1c7_20250629_215100
462025-06-30dist_spcsv1027List of datasetsList of species6861ed703a1c7_20250629_215059
472025-06-30dist_spcsv1027List of datasetsList of species6861ed703a1c7_20250629_215101
482025-06-28dist_spcsv1027List of datasetsList of species685f8ec31796a_20250628_024228
492025-06-27whole_speciescsv587List of datasetsList of species685e7ba23f4af_20250627_072634
502025-06-27whole_speciescsv10List of datasetsList of species685e7ba23f4af_20250627_072735
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.