Historic whale catch data from Australian whaling stations (1925-1978)
Dave Watts, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
72212
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.
4208
Years 20242023
53159
Formats requested Types requested  
csv95
shapefile48
kml41
wms0
wfs1
gdb27
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)8
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)0
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)81
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)1
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)16
All observations of species (whole_species)105
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
2012023-02-18dist_spshapefile5100List of datasetsList of species63f158cd2dbb3_20230218_181050
2022023-02-16dist_spkml23692List of datasetsList of species63eea5966cf70_20230216_165928
2032023-02-16dist_spkml23692List of datasetsList of species63eea5966cf70_20230216_165827
2042023-02-09dist_sp_h3csv6449List of datasetsList of species63e53911bbf0f_20230209_135036
2052023-02-03dist_spshapefile23692List of datasetsList of species63dccb233471d_20230203_042028
2062023-02-02whole_speciescsv14638List of datasetsList of species63dc5441b51e8_20230202_192607
2072023-01-31dist_spcsv9325List of datasetsList of species63d9208fc70a7_20230131_091652
2082023-01-28dist_spshapefile5100List of datasetsList of species63d5f709a66b4_20230128_234404
2092023-01-28dist_spkml5100List of datasetsList of species63d5f709a66b4_20230128_234238
2102023-01-24whole_specieskml14638List of datasetsList of species63cfb81555527_20230124_060344
2112023-01-24whole_speciesgdb7List of datasetsList of species63cfb81555527_20230124_055146
2122023-01-24whole_speciescsv30List of datasetsList of species63cf7e4786fb7_20230124_025619
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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.