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
7803401
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.
253376
Years 2026202520242023
4861393840682
Formats requested Types requested  
csv1923
shapefile564
kml480
wms24
wfs29
gdb381
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)53
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)3
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)1250
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)78
diversity indexes (diversity)1
Observations based on criteria (points)264
All observations of species (whole_species)1727
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
9512025-09-24whole_speciescsv248List of datasetsList of species68d3f37d2cd27_20250924_102458
9522025-09-23dist_spkml244List of datasetsList of species68d2e221d7533_20250923_141235
9532025-09-23dist_taxakml3425List of datasetsList of species68d265366d959_20250923_051839
9542025-09-23dist_spkml244List of datasetsList of species68d2e221d7533_20250923_141237
9552025-09-23dist_spcsv121List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250923_055143
9562025-09-23whole_speciescsv351List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250923_055546
9572025-09-22whole_speciescsv351List of datasetsList of species68d19cfa38b5a_20250922_150322
9582025-09-22pointsshapefile66List of datasetsList of species68d1789cef691_20250922_123909
9592025-09-22pointscsv66List of datasetsList of species68d1789cef691_20250922_123902
9602025-09-19whole_speciescsv36List of datasetsList of species68ccd47b70850_20250919_000655
9612025-09-19whole_speciesgdb167List of datasetsList of species68cd08a6eb1fc_20250919_034754
9622025-09-19whole_speciesgdb167List of datasetsList of species68cd08a6eb1fc_20250919_034740
9632025-09-19whole_specieskml167List of datasetsList of species68cd08a6eb1fc_20250919_034801
9642025-09-19whole_speciescsv167List of datasetsList of species68cd08a6eb1fc_20250919_034812
9652025-09-18dist_spcsv7List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_034428
9662025-09-18dist_spcsv168List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_032251
9672025-09-18dist_spcsv257List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_031324
9682025-09-18dist_spcsv43List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_034515
9692025-09-18dist_spcsv219List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_031126
9702025-09-18dist_spcsv320List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_031717
9712025-09-18dist_spshapefile16List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_032650
9722025-09-18dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species68cbb8ce42657_20250918_034944
9732025-09-18dist_spcsv132List of datasetsList of species68cbb8ce42657_20250918_040939
9742025-09-18dist_spcsv16List of datasetsList of species68cbafbf4b0fa_20250918_032641
9752025-09-17whole_speciescsv53List of datasetsList of species68cacaf879e8f_20250917_105559
9762025-09-17whole_speciescsv53List of datasetsList of species68cacaf879e8f_20250917_105604
9772025-09-17whole_speciescsv53List of datasetsList of species68cacaf879e8f_20250917_105558
9782025-09-17dist_spcsv132List of datasetsList of species68cad3c67c81a_20250917_113016
9792025-09-17whole_speciescsv53List of datasetsList of species68cad19608430_20250917_112100
9802025-09-17whole_speciescsv6List of datasetsList of species68caccfe8bef4_20250917_110123
9812025-09-17whole_speciescsv53List of datasetsList of species68cacaf879e8f_20250917_105616
9822025-09-17whole_speciescsv1List of datasetsList of species68cb284bf4152_20250917_191625
9832025-09-16dist_spwfs121List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250916_060711
9842025-09-16dist_spwms121List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250916_060635
9852025-09-16dist_spshapefile121List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250916_060804
9862025-09-16dist_spcsv121List of datasetsList of species68c9326c0158e_20250916_060217
9872025-09-13whole_speciesgdb53List of datasetsList of species68c56ecc00c3a_20250913_092206
9882025-09-13whole_speciesgdb1List of datasetsList of species68c5760d66aa9_20250913_094821
9892025-09-13whole_speciesgdb6List of datasetsList of species68c57481dea85_20250913_094154
9902025-09-12dist_spcsv131List of datasetsList of species68c42b5c8de59_20250912_103705
9912025-09-11whole_speciescsv6List of datasetsList of species68c22381da187_20250910_212050
9922025-09-10dist_spcsv90List of datasetsList of species68c132c0b09e4_20250910_041452
9932025-09-10whole_speciescsv351List of datasetsList of species68c1deaba8112_20250910_162717
9942025-09-10dist_spkml34List of datasetsList of species68c12e54af51d_20250910_035512
9952025-09-10dist_spkml34List of datasetsList of species68c12e54af51d_20250910_035514
9962025-09-09whole_speciescsv351List of datasetsList of species68c05c50379a6_20250909_125914
9972025-09-09whole_speciesgdb351List of datasetsList of species68c05c50379a6_20250909_125910
9982025-09-09whole_speciescsv53List of datasetsList of species68bff830e532f_20250909_055539
9992025-09-09whole_specieskml53List of datasetsList of species68bff830e532f_20250909_055513
10002025-09-09whole_speciesgdb53List of datasetsList of species68bff830e532f_20250909_055443
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.