The Belgian Marine Mammals Database (BMM)
EurOBIS Data Management Team, Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
3071127
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.
101117
Years 2026202520242023
3568332224
Formats requested Types requested  
csv633
shapefile174
kml158
wms9
wfs8
gdb145
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)31
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)2
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)361
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)27
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)53
All observations of species (whole_species)648
All observations in dataset (whole_dataset)5
  • 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
11012023-02-28whole_speciesgdb3List of datasetsList of species63fe0fc1956d1_20230228_100832
11022023-02-20dist_spkml34List of datasetsList of species63f39d9d4f464_20230220_112126
11032023-02-18dist_spshapefile4List of datasetsList of species63f158cd2dbb3_20230218_181050
11042023-02-16dist_spkml1583List of datasetsList of species63eea5966cf70_20230216_165827
11052023-02-16dist_spkml1583List of datasetsList of species63eea5966cf70_20230216_165928
11062023-02-15whole_datasetcsv3745List of datasetsList of species63ecb8d933d37_20230215_060055
11072023-02-15pointscsv38List of datasetsList of species63ed4212067aa_20230215_153742
11082023-02-15dist_spcsv34List of datasetsList of species63ed343a2bbe7_20230215_144056
11092023-02-15whole_speciescsv1106List of datasetsList of species63ecd90e771f3_20230215_084143
11102023-02-15whole_specieskml1106List of datasetsList of species63ecd90e771f3_20230215_084253
11112023-02-15whole_speciesgdb1106List of datasetsList of species63ecd90e771f3_20230215_084232
11122023-02-15whole_speciescsv1106List of datasetsList of species63ecd90e771f3_20230215_084209
11132023-02-13whole_speciescsv3List of datasetsList of species63ea75d38008d_20230213_131654
11142023-02-13whole_speciescsv3List of datasetsList of species63ea75d38008d_20230213_131636
11152023-02-09dist_sp_h3csv4List of datasetsList of species63e53911bbf0f_20230209_135036
11162023-02-03dist_spshapefile1583List of datasetsList of species63dccb233471d_20230203_042028
11172023-02-02whole_speciescsv8List of datasetsList of species63dc5258859af_20230202_192151
11182023-02-02whole_speciescsv3List of datasetsList of species63dc5441b51e8_20230202_192607
11192023-01-31dist_spcsv3List of datasetsList of species63d9208fc70a7_20230131_091652
11202023-01-28dist_spshapefile4List of datasetsList of species63d5f709a66b4_20230128_234404
11212023-01-28dist_spkml4List of datasetsList of species63d5f709a66b4_20230128_234238
11222023-01-26dist_spkml1List of datasetsList of species63d33d8f8f148_20230126_220635
11232023-01-24whole_specieskml1List of datasetsList of species63cfb81555527_20230124_060811
11242023-01-24whole_specieskml3List of datasetsList of species63cfb81555527_20230124_060344
11252023-01-24whole_speciesgdb38List of datasetsList of species63cfb81555527_20230124_060900
11262023-01-23whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species63ce554df36af_20230123_044319
11272023-01-23whole_speciesgdb1List of datasetsList of species63ce554df36af_20230123_044150
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.