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
8063512
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.
253487
Years 2026202520242023
5971393840682
Formats requested Types requested  
csv1975
shapefile598
kml494
wms30
wfs30
gdb385
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)60
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)1304
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)79
diversity indexes (diversity)1
Observations based on criteria (points)280
All observations of species (whole_species)1760
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
15012025-05-28dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species6836d77e42aa9_20250528_054552
15022025-05-28dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species6836d77e42aa9_20250528_055446
15032025-05-28dist_spshapefile2List of datasetsList of species6836d77e42aa9_20250528_054540
15042025-05-28dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species6836d77e42aa9_20250528_054527
15052025-05-28dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species6836d77e42aa9_20250528_054441
15062025-05-28dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species6836d77e42aa9_20250528_054352
15072025-05-28dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species6836d77e42aa9_20250528_054320
15082025-05-28dist_spshapefile2List of datasetsList of species6836d77e42aa9_20250528_054240
15092025-05-28dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species6836d77e42aa9_20250528_053324
15102025-05-28dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species6836d77e42aa9_20250528_054219
15112025-05-28dist_spkml2List of datasetsList of species6836d77e42aa9_20250528_053323
15122025-05-27dist_spshapefile405List of datasetsList of species68364057879e8_20250527_185606
15132025-05-27dist_spcsv5List of datasetsList of species6835c4e584075_20250527_100543
15142025-05-27dist_spcsv19List of datasetsList of species683577018e390_20250527_043637
15152025-05-27dist_spcsv19List of datasetsList of species683577018e390_20250527_043631
15162025-05-26whole_specieskml6List of datasetsList of species68344a7591b6d_20250526_103525
15172025-05-26whole_speciescsv351List of datasetsList of species6833e49296ec7_20250525_235419
15182025-05-25whole_specieskml744List of datasetsList of species68338aa7d777d_20250525_180305
15192025-05-25whole_specieskml744List of datasetsList of species68338aa7d777d_20250525_175629
15202025-05-24pointsshapefile6386List of datasetsList of species6832548c79870_20250524_192651
15212025-05-23dist_spshapefile4475List of datasetsList of species682fbed623742_20250522_202240
15222025-05-23dist_spshapefile83List of datasetsList of species682fbc9ae1716_20250522_201509
15232025-05-23dist_spcsv4475List of datasetsList of species682fbed623742_20250522_202435
15242025-05-23dist_spcsv34List of datasetsList of species683034261cc42_20250523_044322
15252025-05-23dist_spcsv6List of datasetsList of species68303d2b90e27_20250523_052447
15262025-05-23dist_spcsv6List of datasetsList of species68303d2b90e27_20250523_051844
15272025-05-23dist_spcsv52List of datasetsList of species683034261cc42_20250523_044517
15282025-05-23dist_spcsv52List of datasetsList of species683034261cc42_20250523_045657
15292025-05-21dist_spshapefile289List of datasetsList of species682dccbc04527_20250521_100451
15302025-05-21dist_spshapefile210List of datasetsList of species682dccbc04527_20250521_105502
15312025-05-21dist_spshapefile418List of datasetsList of species682dccbc04527_20250521_101111
15322025-05-21dist_spshapefile121List of datasetsList of species682dccbc04527_20250521_110425
15332025-05-20dist_spcsv19List of datasetsList of species682bdc6a3969b_20250519_213901
15342025-05-20dist_spcsv172List of datasetsList of species682bdf0ae12c4_20250519_221142
15352025-05-20dist_spkml1List of datasetsList of species682ca0490c2f3_20250520_115005
15362025-05-20dist_spkml1List of datasetsList of species682ca0490c2f3_20250520_115010
15372025-05-20whole_specieskml6List of datasetsList of species682c426d37659_20250520_052137
15382025-05-20whole_specieskml6List of datasetsList of species682c426d37659_20250520_050733
15392025-05-20whole_specieskml6List of datasetsList of species682c54168f045_20250520_061438
15402025-05-20whole_specieskml6List of datasetsList of species682c596bbb458_20250520_063503
15412025-05-20whole_specieskml6List of datasetsList of species682ca873cb51d_20250520_121303
15422025-05-17whole_specieswms1List of datasetsList of species6828000ebd321_20250516_233955
15432025-05-17dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species6827f5249d00f_20250516_230046
15442025-05-17dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species6827f5249d00f_20250516_230048
15452025-05-17dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species6827f5249d00f_20250516_230038
15462025-05-17whole_speciesgdb351List of datasetsList of species6827d82a29007_20250516_211041
15472025-05-17whole_speciesgdb248List of datasetsList of species6827d82a29007_20250516_204555
15482025-05-17whole_speciesgdb74List of datasetsList of species6827d82a29007_20250516_205509
15492025-05-17whole_speciesgdb351List of datasetsList of species6827d82a29007_20250516_211148
15502025-05-17dist_spshapefile34List of datasetsList of species6828c11de8bb5_20250517_132257
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.