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
7062928
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.
222906
Years 2026202520242023
131393840682
Formats requested Types requested  
csv1616
shapefile497
kml427
wms21
wfs22
gdb345
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)1534
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
5512025-08-21whole_speciescsv167List of datasetsList of species68a78bad76d8a_20250821_181946
5522025-08-20dist_sp_h3shapefile1List of datasetsList of species68a5997c27106_20250820_054711
5532025-08-20dist_sp_h3shapefile5List of datasetsList of species68a5b39ed1a32_20250820_074302
5542025-08-19dist_sp_h3shapefile137List of datasetsList of species68a43d4ae080e_20250819_052000
5552025-08-19dist_sp_h3shapefile68List of datasetsList of species68a444a053d89_20250819_053358
5562025-08-19dist_sp_h3shapefile68List of datasetsList of species68a444a053d89_20250819_053337
5572025-08-19dist_sp_h3shapefile23List of datasetsList of species68a4459c1925b_20250819_053755
5582025-08-19dist_sp_h3shapefile137List of datasetsList of species68a43d4ae080e_20250819_051944
5592025-08-19dist_sp_h3shapefile137List of datasetsList of species68a43d4ae080e_20250819_051917
5602025-08-19dist_sp_h3shapefile128List of datasetsList of species68a44696d7cef_20250819_054206
5612025-08-18whole_speciesgdb744List of datasetsList of species68a32dec1113f_20250818_094751
5622025-08-18whole_speciesgdb117List of datasetsList of species68a3370b71da3_20250818_102249
5632025-08-18whole_speciesgdb74List of datasetsList of species68a33529a6aaf_20250818_101825
5642025-08-18dist_spshapefile219List of datasetsList of species68a32dec1113f_20250818_094915
5652025-08-18whole_speciesgdb248List of datasetsList of species68a339213740e_20250818_103142
5662025-08-18whole_speciescsv259List of datasetsList of species68a38913bbae2_20250818_161756
5672025-08-15whole_speciescsv53List of datasetsList of species689f47a053196_20250815_114842
5682025-08-15dist_spshapefile4475List of datasetsList of species689fae979d8cf_20250815_181000
5692025-08-15dist_spcsv4475List of datasetsList of species689fae979d8cf_20250815_180657
5702025-08-15whole_speciesgdb167List of datasetsList of species689fae979d8cf_20250815_181658
5712025-08-15whole_speciescsv167List of datasetsList of species689f7344cc205_20250815_135718
5722025-08-14dist_spshapefile19List of datasetsList of species689e6b6fee02c_20250814_190818
5732025-08-14whole_speciesgdb74List of datasetsList of species689e6b6fee02c_20250814_190753
5742025-08-14whole_speciesgdb1List of datasetsList of species689d814d68a23_20250814_023419
5752025-08-12whole_speciescsv351List of datasetsList of species689b6e9b1c437_20250812_124337
5762025-08-12whole_speciesgdb351List of datasetsList of species689b6e9b1c437_20250812_124331
5772025-08-10pointsshapefile38List of datasetsList of species6898faea57754_20250810_171712
5782025-08-10dist_spcsv164List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250810_080615
5792025-08-10dist_spshapefile164List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250810_080552
5802025-08-10dist_spshapefile164List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250810_080541
5812025-08-10dist_spcsv164List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250810_080611
5822025-08-09dist_spcsv121List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250809_073626
5832025-08-09dist_spshapefile121List of datasetsList of species689603bac3a6c_20250809_073613
5842025-08-08dist_spcsv2List of datasetsList of species689630c16306b_20250808_132017
5852025-07-29dist_spcsv7List of datasetsList of species6888d0c337318_20250729_100612
5862025-07-29dist_spshapefile7List of datasetsList of species6888d0c337318_20250729_100618
5872025-07-29whole_speciescsv597List of datasetsList of species6888ab4e4a5fa_20250729_070908
5882025-07-28pointsshapefile365List of datasetsList of species68878067cbe52_20250728_112725
5892025-07-28pointsshapefile365List of datasetsList of species68878067cbe52_20250728_112727
5902025-07-28whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species68879c81771b0_20250728_121637
5912025-07-28whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species68879c81771b0_20250728_121938
5922025-07-26dist_spshapefile726List of datasetsList of species6884f8040ed8b_20250726_120850
5932025-07-26dist_spshapefile2946List of datasetsList of species6884f8040ed8b_20250726_115000
5942025-07-26dist_spshapefile47List of datasetsList of species6884d6bcd107a_20250726_103323
5952025-07-26dist_spshapefile46List of datasetsList of species6884d6bcd107a_20250726_102450
5962025-07-25dist_spshapefile4List of datasetsList of species68833fbd6619d_20250725_043132
5972025-07-24whole_speciesgdb53List of datasetsList of species68820b4fe7c2c_20250724_064222
5982025-07-23dist_spshapefile166List of datasetsList of species6880ca3d35446_20250723_074233
5992025-07-23whole_specieswms744List of datasetsList of species6880dd96ca1d1_20250723_090959
6002025-07-23whole_specieswms744List of datasetsList of species6880dd96ca1d1_20250723_091002
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.