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
7062925
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.
222903
Years 2026202520242023
101393840682
Formats requested Types requested  
csv1615
shapefile497
kml426
wms21
wfs22
gdb344
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)1531
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
9512025-05-20whole_specieskml6List of datasetsList of species682c596bbb458_20250520_063503
9522025-05-20whole_specieskml6List of datasetsList of species682c54168f045_20250520_061438
9532025-05-20whole_specieskml6List of datasetsList of species682c426d37659_20250520_050733
9542025-05-20whole_specieskml6List of datasetsList of species682ca873cb51d_20250520_121303
9552025-05-17dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species6827f5249d00f_20250516_230046
9562025-05-17whole_specieswms1List of datasetsList of species6828000ebd321_20250516_233955
9572025-05-17dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species6827f5249d00f_20250516_230048
9582025-05-17dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species6827f5249d00f_20250516_230038
9592025-05-17whole_speciesgdb248List of datasetsList of species6827d82a29007_20250516_204555
9602025-05-17whole_speciesgdb74List of datasetsList of species6827d82a29007_20250516_205509
9612025-05-17whole_speciesgdb351List of datasetsList of species6827d82a29007_20250516_211041
9622025-05-17whole_speciesgdb351List of datasetsList of species6827d82a29007_20250516_211148
9632025-05-17dist_spshapefile34List of datasetsList of species6828c11de8bb5_20250517_132257
9642025-05-17whole_speciescsv351List of datasetsList of species68288a3de11f6_20250517_091356
9652025-05-17whole_speciescsv351List of datasetsList of species68288a3de11f6_20250517_091458
9662025-05-17whole_speciescsv351List of datasetsList of species68288a3de11f6_20250517_091341
9672025-05-17whole_speciescsv351List of datasetsList of species68288a3de11f6_20250517_091239
9682025-05-17whole_speciescsv36List of datasetsList of species68288941e3b91_20250517_090417
9692025-05-17whole_speciescsv74List of datasetsList of species682885d63c2c4_20250517_085609
9702025-05-16dist_spshapefile859List of datasetsList of species68269084da954_20250515_213031
9712025-05-16dist_spcsv859List of datasetsList of species68269084da954_20250515_212429
9722025-05-15dist_spkml135List of datasetsList of species682598ac3ccdc_20250515_034618
9732025-05-15whole_speciescsv74List of datasetsList of species6825eccf4ed03_20250515_093248
9742025-05-15whole_speciescsv248List of datasetsList of species6825eccf4ed03_20250515_093426
9752025-05-15whole_speciescsv36List of datasetsList of species6825e43042c06_20250515_092949
9762025-05-15whole_speciesgdb36List of datasetsList of species6825e43042c06_20250515_091409
9772025-05-15whole_speciescsv36List of datasetsList of species6825e43042c06_20250515_092959
9782025-05-15whole_speciesshapefile117List of datasetsList of species6825eccf4ed03_20250515_093855
9792025-05-15whole_speciesgdb36List of datasetsList of species6825e43042c06_20250515_091448
9802025-05-15whole_speciesgdb36List of datasetsList of species6825e43042c06_20250515_091430
9812025-05-15whole_speciescsv36List of datasetsList of species6825e43042c06_20250515_091359
9822025-05-15whole_speciescsv36List of datasetsList of species6825e43042c06_20250515_091400
9832025-05-15dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species6825af4682e7b_20250515_054218
9842025-05-15dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species6825af4682e7b_20250515_053921
9852025-05-15dist_spcsv3List of datasetsList of species6825af4682e7b_20250515_062828
9862025-05-15dist_spcsv38List of datasetsList of species6825aa17b402b_20250515_045934
9872025-05-15dist_spshapefile38List of datasetsList of species6825aa17b402b_20250515_050032
9882025-05-15dist_spcsv120List of datasetsList of species6825af4682e7b_20250515_051417
9892025-05-15dist_spcsv283List of datasetsList of species6825af4682e7b_20250515_052958
9902025-05-15dist_spcsv83List of datasetsList of species6825af4682e7b_20250515_054922
9912025-05-15dist_spcsv88List of datasetsList of species6825af4682e7b_20250515_055305
9922025-05-15dist_spcsv83List of datasetsList of species6825af4682e7b_20250515_055613
9932025-05-15dist_spcsv9List of datasetsList of species6825af4682e7b_20250515_061655
9942025-05-15dist_spcsv69List of datasetsList of species6825af4682e7b_20250515_060847
9952025-05-15dist_spcsv7List of datasetsList of species6825af4682e7b_20250515_061858
9962025-05-15dist_spcsv212List of datasetsList of species6825af4682e7b_20250515_062113
9972025-05-15dist_spcsv45List of datasetsList of species6825af4682e7b_20250515_063105
9982025-05-15dist_spcsv135List of datasetsList of species682598ac3ccdc_20250515_035004
9992025-05-15whole_speciescsv248List of datasetsList of species682598ac3ccdc_20250515_040233
10002025-05-15dist_spcsv1List of datasetsList of species6825a42d92a63_20250515_043021
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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.