Visual sightings from Song of the Whale 1993-2013
International Fund for Animal Welfare, Song of the Whale Team

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
7843414
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.
253389
Years 2026202520242023
4991393840682
Formats requested Types requested  
csv1931
shapefile564
kml481
wms28
wfs29
gdb381
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)53
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)1255
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)78
diversity indexes (diversity)1
Observations based on criteria (points)266
All observations of species (whole_species)1733
All observations in dataset (whole_dataset)25
  • 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

Prev 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31  32  33  34  35  36  37  38  39  40  41  42  43  44  45  46  47  48  49  50  51  52  53  54  55  56  57  58  59  60  61  62  63  64  65  66  67  68  69  Next
No.Date requestedTypes requestedFormat#recordsAlong with...Species includedRequest ID
10512025-08-18dist_spshapefile219List of datasetsList of species68a32dec1113f_20250818_094915
10522025-08-18whole_speciescsv259List of datasetsList of species68a38913bbae2_20250818_161756
10532025-08-15whole_speciescsv53List of datasetsList of species689f47a053196_20250815_114842
10542025-08-15dist_spshapefile4475List of datasetsList of species689fae979d8cf_20250815_181000
10552025-08-15whole_speciesgdb167List of datasetsList of species689fae979d8cf_20250815_181658
10562025-08-15dist_spcsv4475List of datasetsList of species689fae979d8cf_20250815_180657
10572025-08-15whole_speciescsv167List of datasetsList of species689f7344cc205_20250815_135718
10582025-08-14dist_spshapefile19List of datasetsList of species689e6b6fee02c_20250814_190818
10592025-08-14whole_speciesgdb74List of datasetsList of species689e6b6fee02c_20250814_190753
10602025-08-14whole_speciesgdb1List of datasetsList of species689d814d68a23_20250814_023419
10612025-08-12whole_speciescsv351List of datasetsList of species689b6e9b1c437_20250812_124337
10622025-08-12whole_speciesgdb351List of datasetsList of species689b6e9b1c437_20250812_124331
10632025-08-10dist_spshapefile164List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250810_080552
10642025-08-10pointsshapefile38List of datasetsList of species6898faea57754_20250810_171712
10652025-08-10dist_spshapefile164List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250810_080541
10662025-08-10dist_spcsv164List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250810_080615
10672025-08-10dist_spcsv164List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250810_080611
10682025-08-09dist_spcsv121List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250809_073626
10692025-08-09dist_spshapefile121List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250809_073613
10702025-08-08dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species689630c16306b_20250808_132017
10712025-07-29dist_spshapefile7List of datasetsList of species6888d0c337318_20250729_100618
10722025-07-29dist_spcsv7List of datasetsList of species6888d0c337318_20250729_100612
10732025-07-29whole_speciescsv597List of datasetsList of species6888ab4e4a5fa_20250729_070908
10742025-07-28pointsshapefile365List of datasetsList of species68878067cbe52_20250728_112725
10752025-07-28pointsshapefile365List of datasetsList of species68878067cbe52_20250728_112727
10762025-07-28whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species68879c81771b0_20250728_121637
10772025-07-28whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species68879c81771b0_20250728_121938
10782025-07-26dist_spshapefile2946List of datasetsList of species6884f8040ed8b_20250726_115000
10792025-07-26dist_spshapefile47List of datasetsList of species6884d6bcd107a_20250726_103323
10802025-07-26dist_spshapefile726List of datasetsList of species6884f8040ed8b_20250726_120850
10812025-07-26dist_spshapefile46List of datasetsList of species6884d6bcd107a_20250726_102450
10822025-07-25dist_spshapefile4List of datasetsList of species68833fbd6619d_20250725_043132
10832025-07-24whole_speciesgdb53List of datasetsList of species68820b4fe7c2c_20250724_064222
10842025-07-23dist_spshapefile166List of datasetsList of species6880ca3d35446_20250723_074233
10852025-07-23whole_specieswms744List of datasetsList of species6880dd96ca1d1_20250723_090959
10862025-07-23whole_specieswms744List of datasetsList of species6880dd96ca1d1_20250723_091002
10872025-07-22whole_speciesgdb76List of datasetsList of species687fe37f2a97a_20250722_152029
10882025-07-22whole_speciesgdb117List of datasetsList of species687fe008efa17_20250722_150824
10892025-07-22whole_speciesgdb117List of datasetsList of species687fe008efa17_20250722_150817
10902025-07-21dist_taxacsv503List of datasetsList of species687ed00398221_20250721_194733
10912025-07-21dist_taxashapefile503List of datasetsList of species687ed00398221_20250721_194742
10922025-07-21dist_taxacsv503List of datasetsList of species687ed00398221_20250721_194738
10932025-07-21dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species68793e8561b11_20250721_103244
10942025-07-21whole_speciescsv53List of datasetsList of species687e7b5fd1290_20250721_182023
10952025-07-21whole_speciescsv53List of datasetsList of species687e7b5fd1290_20250721_181957
10962025-07-21whole_speciescsv53List of datasetsList of species687e7b5fd1290_20250721_182056
10972025-07-21whole_speciescsv53List of datasetsList of species687e7b5fd1290_20250721_182029
10982025-07-21whole_speciescsv53List of datasetsList of species687e7b5fd1290_20250721_181955
10992025-07-21whole_speciescsv53List of datasetsList of species687e7b5fd1290_20250721_181959
11002025-07-21whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species687ea43e8ccb2_20250721_170604
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.