Elasmobranch sightings along the South African coastline
Lisa Schroeter, ELMO (South African Elasmobranch Monitoring)

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
103315
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.
4311
Years 2026202520242023
941524821
Formats requested Types requested  
csv150
shapefile54
kml85
wms3
wfs3
gdb20
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)53
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)0
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)126
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)6
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)6
All observations of species (whole_species)124
All observations in dataset (whole_dataset)0
  • 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
3012023-10-03whole_speciesgdb10List of datasetsList of species651c889ee5a57_20231003_175159
3022023-10-03whole_speciescsv10List of datasetsList of species651c889ee5a57_20231003_175117
3032023-10-02dist_taxakml20List of datasetsList of species651b4bd5e8581_20231002_190217
3042023-09-18dist_taxakml20List of datasetsList of species6508f34525502_20230918_210342
3052023-09-15whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species65049557cf029_20230915_133730
3062023-08-07dist_taxakml20List of datasetsList of species64d0fae7ae3a9_20230807_100906
3072023-06-30dist_taxakml20List of datasetsList of species649e8cefecd92_20230630_040824
3082023-06-19dist_spcsv17List of datasetsList of species6490f3039ea3a_20230619_203450
3092023-06-19dist_spcsv17List of datasetsList of species6490f3039ea3a_20230619_205403
3102023-06-16whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species648c6d0759471_20230616_101307
3112023-06-15dist_spcsv5List of datasetsList of species648b2aa48714a_20230615_112839
3122023-06-15whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species648b2aa48714a_20230615_111910
3132023-04-18whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species643f27f7bb74e_20230418_201717
3142023-04-12whole_speciesgdb7List of datasetsList of species6436bcbc8ed13_20230412_104509
3152023-01-27whole_speciescsv7List of datasetsList of species63d41a8f94ccb_20230127_134954
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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.