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
7092952
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.
222930
Years 2026202520242023
371393840682
Formats requested Types requested  
csv1624
shapefile497
kml432
wms24
wfs24
gdb351
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)45
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)996
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)72
diversity indexes (diversity)1
Observations based on criteria (points)255
All observations of species (whole_species)1558
All observations in dataset (whole_dataset)22
  • 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
12512025-03-06dist_spcsv195List of datasetsList of species67c96a1a1ae6d_20250306_042902
12522025-03-06dist_spshapefile46List of datasetsList of species67c9a42beaff7_20250306_084256
12532025-03-06dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species67c9a42beaff7_20250306_084504
12542025-03-06dist_sp_h3csv4List of datasetsList of species67c9c48e92157_20250306_112100
12552025-03-06dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species67c9a42beaff7_20250306_084223
12562025-03-06dist_sp_h3csv1List of datasetsList of species67c9c48e92157_20250306_112130
12572025-03-06dist_spshapefile195List of datasetsList of species67c9715533e5b_20250306_045739
12582025-03-06dist_spcsv195List of datasetsList of species67c9715533e5b_20250306_045808
12592025-03-06dist_spshapefile343List of datasetsList of species67c9715533e5b_20250306_050231
12602025-03-06dist_spshapefile486List of datasetsList of species67c9a42beaff7_20250306_083618
12612025-03-06dist_spcsv486List of datasetsList of species67c9a42beaff7_20250306_083815
12622025-03-06dist_spcsv6List of datasetsList of species67c9a42beaff7_20250306_084920
12632025-03-06dist_spkml1List of datasetsList of species67c96a1a1ae6d_20250306_043936
12642025-03-06dist_spshapefile195List of datasetsList of species67c96a1a1ae6d_20250306_043000
12652025-03-06dist_spcsv327List of datasetsList of species67c9715533e5b_20250306_045930
12662025-03-06dist_spcsv49List of datasetsList of species67c9a42beaff7_20250306_083925
12672025-03-06dist_spcsv17List of datasetsList of species67c9a42beaff7_20250306_084131
12682025-03-06dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species67c9a42beaff7_20250306_084726
12692025-03-06dist_spcsv343List of datasetsList of species67c9715533e5b_20250306_050251
12702025-03-06dist_spcsv208List of datasetsList of species67c9715533e5b_20250306_050419
12712025-03-06dist_spshapefile49List of datasetsList of species67c9a42beaff7_20250306_083900
12722025-03-06dist_spshapefile7List of datasetsList of species67c9a42beaff7_20250306_084008
12732025-03-06dist_spcsv7List of datasetsList of species67c9a42beaff7_20250306_084034
12742025-03-06dist_spshapefile17List of datasetsList of species67c9a42beaff7_20250306_084114
12752025-03-06dist_sp_h3shapefile1List of datasetsList of species67c9c48e92157_20250306_105443
12762025-03-06dist_sp_h3shapefile4List of datasetsList of species67c9c48e92157_20250306_105348
12772025-03-06dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species67c9a42beaff7_20250306_084208
12782025-03-06dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species67c96a1a1ae6d_20250306_043236
12792025-03-06dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species67c96a1a1ae6d_20250306_043242
12802025-03-06dist_spshapefile327List of datasetsList of species67c9715533e5b_20250306_045901
12812025-03-06dist_spshapefile208List of datasetsList of species67c9715533e5b_20250306_050350
12822025-03-06pointsshapefile533List of datasetsList of species67c9e17f72ba2_20250306_125922
12832025-03-05dist_spshapefile320List of datasetsList of species67c85a264eae6_20250305_093501
12842025-03-05dist_spcsv3074List of datasetsList of species67c8ae42ba81c_20250305_161036
12852025-03-04whole_speciesgdb117List of datasetsList of species67c76cb79319f_20250304_164439
12862025-03-04whole_speciesgdb117List of datasetsList of species67c76cb79319f_20250304_163855
12872025-03-04whole_speciesgdb111List of datasetsList of species67c65a1b44c5c_20250303_204855
12882025-03-04whole_speciesgdb12List of datasetsList of species67c6ed5007e7c_20250304_072509
12892025-03-04dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species67c67b79a2f72_20250303_230717
12902025-03-04dist_spshapefile6List of datasetsList of species67c6b0d79b2b3_20250304_025322
12912025-03-04whole_speciesgdb6List of datasetsList of species67c6b0d79b2b3_20250304_025311
12922025-03-03dist_spkml195List of datasetsList of species67c5f10016527_20250303_134843
12932025-03-03dist_spkml195List of datasetsList of species67c5f10016527_20250303_134837
12942025-03-03whole_speciescsv6List of datasetsList of species67c523df28f74_20250302_224450
12952025-03-03pointsshapefile105List of datasetsList of species67c5f170e732e_20250303_132853
12962025-03-02dist_spshapefile3074List of datasetsList of species67c4e5631970d_20250302_181929
12972025-03-01dist_spkml285List of datasetsList of species67c37a01f11fa_20250301_165959
12982025-02-27whole_speciesgdb20List of datasetsList of species67c08c6f74351_20250227_111310
12992025-02-27dist_spkml327List of datasetsList of species67c02a49e89eb_20250227_040757
13002025-02-27dist_spkml1List of datasetsList of species67c02a49e89eb_20250227_041133
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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.