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
3085
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.
382
Years 202520242023
174820
Formats requested Types requested  
csv40
shapefile16
kml23
wms0
wfs0
gdb6
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)17
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)2
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)29
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)1
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)5
All observations of species (whole_species)30
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
512024-02-23whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species65d8bd5312676_20240223_104541
522024-02-23whole_speciescsv12List of datasetsList of species65d8b32d35034_20240223_100458
532024-02-23whole_speciescsv10List of datasetsList of species65d8c578eefb4_20240223_111940
542024-02-23whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species65d8bf157e720_20240223_111721
552024-02-17dist_sp_h3shapefile1053List of datasetsList of species65d042de9fdc6_20240217_004346
562024-02-09dist_spshapefile2List of datasetsList of species65c5fee0bae26_20240209_060304
572024-02-03dist_spcsv1014List of datasetsList of species65be2b78ed257_20240203_090522
582024-02-03dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species65be2b78ed257_20240203_090445
592024-02-03dist_spshapefile10List of datasetsList of species65be2b78ed257_20240203_090353
602024-02-03dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species65be2b78ed257_20240203_090451
612024-02-03dist_spcsv1025List of datasetsList of species65be2b78ed257_20240203_090707
622024-02-03dist_spcsv10List of datasetsList of species65be2b78ed257_20240203_090346
632024-02-03dist_spcsv1027List of datasetsList of species65be2b78ed257_20240203_070507
642024-02-03dist_spshapefile1014List of datasetsList of species65be2b78ed257_20240203_090616
652024-01-25dist_spshapefile1976List of datasetsList of species65b2370ec41f5_20240125_053102
662023-12-23whole_speciesgdb12List of datasetsList of species658696c880f18_20231223_031633
672023-12-23whole_speciescsv12List of datasetsList of species658696c880f18_20231223_040809
682023-10-15dist_spcsv1027List of datasetsList of species652bd2f5ada0c_20231015_075449
692023-10-09dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species652401c11ab5c_20231009_093933
702023-10-02dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species651b4bd5e8581_20231002_190217
712023-09-18dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species6508f34525502_20230918_210342
722023-08-17whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species64ddc18156a8c_20230817_044113
732023-08-07dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species64d0fae7ae3a9_20230807_100906
742023-07-10pointsshapefile10List of datasetsList of species64abf4e87e347_20230710_081001
752023-07-10pointsshapefile2List of datasetsList of species64abe3ec80900_20230710_065738
762023-07-10pointsshapefile1321List of datasetsList of species64abfa800999e_20230710_083612
772023-06-30dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species649e8cefecd92_20230630_040824
782023-06-19dist_spcsv1450List of datasetsList of species6490f3039ea3a_20230619_205403
792023-06-19dist_spcsv765List of datasetsList of species6490f3039ea3a_20230619_203450
802023-05-04whole_speciescsv10List of datasetsList of species6454308b7e8b2_20230504_183017
812023-05-04whole_speciescsv10List of datasetsList of species6454308b7e8b2_20230504_182613
822023-05-04whole_speciescsv10List of datasetsList of species64543333be923_20230504_183657
832023-04-06whole_speciescsv10List of datasetsList of species642f4adebd314_20230406_184812
842023-04-06whole_speciesgdb10List of datasetsList of species642f4adebd314_20230406_184842
852023-04-06whole_speciescsv10List of datasetsList of species642f4c390ce34_20230406_184847
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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.