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
512025-06-27whole_speciescsv587List of datasetsList of species685e7ba23f4af_20250627_072634
522025-06-27whole_speciescsv1321List of datasetsList of species685e7ba23f4af_20250627_072102
532025-06-27whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species685e7ba23f4af_20250627_071703
542025-06-27whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species685e7ba23f4af_20250627_071812
552025-06-27whole_speciescsv4List of datasetsList of species685e7ba23f4af_20250627_071942
562025-06-27whole_speciescsv12List of datasetsList of species685e7ba23f4af_20250627_071312
572025-06-25dist_spshapefile1027List of datasetsList of species685ba115f3cbc_20250625_031201
582025-06-17dist_spshapefile1027List of datasetsList of species685148ee0d30c_20250617_065610
592025-06-13whole_speciescsv10List of datasetsList of species684c113981a1e_20250613_083334
602025-06-13whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species684c113981a1e_20250613_082515
612025-06-13whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species684c113981a1e_20250613_082604
622025-06-13whole_speciescsv1321List of datasetsList of species684c113981a1e_20250613_082832
632025-06-13whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species684c113981a1e_20250613_083017
642025-05-12dist_spcsv1027List of datasetsList of species681ea02cc1fd0_20250512_103549
652025-04-25dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species680bcf6c85769_20250425_140753
662025-04-21dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species68067ff7c8c2d_20250421_133021
672025-04-09dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species67f6adefab61c_20250409_132724
682025-04-06dist_spkml2112List of datasetsList of species67f28d372679f_20250406_105029
692025-04-06dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species67f29b7e32f0b_20250406_111959
702025-04-06dist_spkml2112List of datasetsList of species67f28d372679f_20250406_105014
712025-03-24dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species67e168b1538e4_20250324_101516
722025-03-24dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species67e14571874f2_20250324_074619
732025-03-24dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species67e156f432e88_20250324_085851
742025-03-24dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species67e15ba8c9a38_20250324_092102
752025-03-24dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species67e168b1538e4_20250324_101517
762025-02-24whole_speciesgdb2List of datasetsList of species67bca7d0ae84d_20250224_130716
772025-02-24dist_spshapefile2List of datasetsList of species67bca7d0ae84d_20250224_130020
782025-02-24dist_spshapefile2List of datasetsList of species67bca7d0ae84d_20250224_125345
792025-02-17whole_speciesgdb1321List of datasetsList of species67b32c47dd6e2_20250217_073329
802025-02-16dist_spkml5List of datasetsList of species67b25bf230f96_20250216_164729
812025-01-14dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species67869dedd5921_20250114_122624
822024-12-02whole_speciescsv10List of datasetsList of species674d49d603068_20241202_005142
832024-12-02whole_speciescsv10List of datasetsList of species674d49d603068_20241202_005139
842024-12-01dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species674bcb7736412_20241130_222212
852024-12-01dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species674bcb7736412_20241130_214122
862024-12-01dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species674bcb7736412_20241130_222619
872024-11-25whole_speciescsv12List of datasetsList of species6743e277c2625_20241124_224413
882024-11-25whole_speciescsv12List of datasetsList of species6743e277c2625_20241124_213745
892024-11-20whole_speciescsv12List of datasetsList of species673d5c9720db7_20241119_225522
902024-11-15dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species6737139da5b21_20241115_043550
912024-11-14whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species67354d2d65d33_20241113_230305
922024-11-14whole_speciescsv2List of datasetsList of species67354d2d65d33_20241113_230307
932024-10-29whole_speciesgdb7List of datasetsList of species67215a58800e6_20241029_180154
942024-10-29whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species67215a58800e6_20241029_180005
952024-10-29whole_specieskml7List of datasetsList of species67215a58800e6_20241029_180233
962024-10-27whole_speciesgdb12List of datasetsList of species671e8b2064fcb_20241027_145934
972024-08-12dist_taxakml1027List of datasetsList of species66b99e9d7e0e0_20240812_013449
982024-07-25dist_spshapefile1976List of datasetsList of species66a26cbf58aff_20240725_111955
992024-07-10dist_spcsv1027List of datasetsList of species668e5ef84d629_20240710_061440
1002024-07-06whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species6688d13c0dbc9_20240706_013348
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.