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

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No.Date requestedTypes requestedFormat#recordsAlong with...Species includedRequest ID
14012025-05-28dist_spshapefile2List of datasetsList of species6836d77e42aa9_20250528_054540
14022025-05-28dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species6836d77e42aa9_20250528_054441
14032025-05-28dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species6836d77e42aa9_20250528_055446
14042025-05-28dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species6836ddd1d68ef_20250528_060001
14052025-05-28dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species6836d77e42aa9_20250528_054604
14062025-05-28dist_spshapefile2List of datasetsList of species6836d77e42aa9_20250528_054602
14072025-05-28dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species6836d77e42aa9_20250528_054552
14082025-05-28dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species6836d77e42aa9_20250528_054219
14092025-05-28dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species6836d77e42aa9_20250528_053324
14102025-05-28dist_spshapefile2List of datasetsList of species6836d77e42aa9_20250528_054240
14112025-05-28dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species6836d77e42aa9_20250528_054352
14122025-05-28dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species6836d77e42aa9_20250528_054320
14132025-05-28dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species6836d77e42aa9_20250528_054527
14142025-05-27dist_spshapefile405List of datasetsList of species68364057879e8_20250527_185606
14152025-05-27dist_spcsv5List of datasetsList of species6835c4e584075_20250527_100543
14162025-05-27dist_spcsv19List of datasetsList of species683577018e390_20250527_043637
14172025-05-27dist_spcsv19List of datasetsList of species683577018e390_20250527_043631
14182025-05-26whole_specieskml6List of datasetsList of species68344a7591b6d_20250526_103525
14192025-05-26whole_speciescsv351List of datasetsList of species6833e49296ec7_20250525_235419
14202025-05-25whole_specieskml744List of datasetsList of species68338aa7d777d_20250525_175629
14212025-05-25whole_specieskml744List of datasetsList of species68338aa7d777d_20250525_180305
14222025-05-24pointsshapefile6386List of datasetsList of species6832548c79870_20250524_192651
14232025-05-23dist_spcsv4475List of datasetsList of species682fbed623742_20250522_202435
14242025-05-23dist_spshapefile4475List of datasetsList of species682fbed623742_20250522_202240
14252025-05-23dist_spshapefile83List of datasetsList of species682fbc9ae1716_20250522_201509
14262025-05-23dist_spcsv52List of datasetsList of species683034261cc42_20250523_045657
14272025-05-23dist_spcsv52List of datasetsList of species683034261cc42_20250523_044517
14282025-05-23dist_spcsv6List of datasetsList of species68303d2b90e27_20250523_052447
14292025-05-23dist_spcsv6List of datasetsList of species68303d2b90e27_20250523_051844
14302025-05-23dist_spcsv34List of datasetsList of species683034261cc42_20250523_044322
14312025-05-21dist_spshapefile121List of datasetsList of species682dccbc04527_20250521_110425
14322025-05-21dist_spshapefile210List of datasetsList of species682dccbc04527_20250521_105502
14332025-05-21dist_spshapefile418List of datasetsList of species682dccbc04527_20250521_101111
14342025-05-21dist_spshapefile289List of datasetsList of species682dccbc04527_20250521_100451
14352025-05-20dist_spcsv172List of datasetsList of species682bdf0ae12c4_20250519_221142
14362025-05-20dist_spcsv19List of datasetsList of species682bdc6a3969b_20250519_213901
14372025-05-20dist_spkml1List of datasetsList of species682ca0490c2f3_20250520_115010
14382025-05-20dist_spkml1List of datasetsList of species682ca0490c2f3_20250520_115005
14392025-05-20whole_specieskml6List of datasetsList of species682c426d37659_20250520_050733
14402025-05-20whole_specieskml6List of datasetsList of species682c54168f045_20250520_061438
14412025-05-20whole_specieskml6List of datasetsList of species682c596bbb458_20250520_063503
14422025-05-20whole_specieskml6List of datasetsList of species682c426d37659_20250520_052137
14432025-05-20whole_specieskml6List of datasetsList of species682ca873cb51d_20250520_121303
14442025-05-17whole_specieswms1List of datasetsList of species6828000ebd321_20250516_233955
14452025-05-17dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species6827f5249d00f_20250516_230046
14462025-05-17dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species6827f5249d00f_20250516_230048
14472025-05-17dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species6827f5249d00f_20250516_230038
14482025-05-17whole_speciesgdb351List of datasetsList of species6827d82a29007_20250516_211148
14492025-05-17whole_speciesgdb248List of datasetsList of species6827d82a29007_20250516_204555
14502025-05-17whole_speciesgdb74List of datasetsList of species6827d82a29007_20250516_205509
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.