Happywhale - Sperm whale in South Pacific Ocean

Happywhale and contributors

Happywhale.com is a resource to help you know whales as individuals, and to benefit conservation science with rich data about individual whales.

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Sightings and images were submitted to Happywhale by contributors. A portion of the Happywhale data were transferred to OBIS-SEAMAP upon the agreement between Happywhale and OBIS-SEAMAP.

There may be duplicate records among Happywhale datasets and other OBIS-SEAMAP datasets. The precision of date/time vary per record. Some records have date accuracy up to year only.

This dataset includes sightings and photos from the following 86 contributors in alphabetic order:

Adam Patton; Ahab; Alain Bidart; Allison Conlon; Alvaro Jaramillo; Amy Markowich; Andy Churn; Anita Gould; Barney Turner; Bert Forbes; Bill Tucker; Brigitte Flannery; Cees Tineke; Chris Dennis; Conor Ryan; Dale Frink; David L Smith; Deb Hooyman; Elie Vannier; Fabien Chesneau; George Hazelton; Glenda Darling; Graeme Wilson; Hannah Chesebro; Hannah Romanowski; Helen Rijkes; Ian Underwood; Isabel Colvin; Isaure Michaud; Jamie Coleman; Jay Barlow; Jeremy Spencer-Cooper; Jim Wilson; Joel Moore; Joe Olson; Jonas Klatt; Joshua Weil; Julia Graeter; Kelly M Coursey Gray; Kiana Viceroy; Kimberly Nesbitt; Kirstie Goodchild; Laurie Kantor; Lesley Matthews; Lisa Menstell; lorenzo.belardinelli; Lory Barra; Madelon Rosenplänter; Marian Herz; Marilia Olio; Mark Fiebert; Mike McDonald; NOAA SWFSC; Noé Philippe; Oliver Beagley; Oscar Thomas; Patrick Butler; Peter Geraerts; Petra Bitenc; Puneet Kishore; Randy Smith; Ricardo Matus; Richard Battrick; Richard Belbin; Rich B; Ricky; Robert de PICCIOTTO; Sebastian Mayer; Shayne Lightfoot; Shota Nakagawa; SHUYUAN ZHOU; Stephen Abraham; Steve Magness; Suzanne Wafer; Tatiana Ermishkina; Velia Cardin; Victoria; Victor Laubach; vincent; Whale Watcher; Will Charles; William Morris; Yuan; yumramen404; Yunpeng Wang; zhangjinpeng

The dataset has been updated over time as outlined below. Each entry includes the version number, release date, type of change, and a short description.

Overview

Attributes are defined by Happywhale.com.

Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
All attributes are included in the downloadable file (CSV or ESRI File Geodatabase) for "Complete Set of Dataset".

Attributes in dataset

Attribute (table column)	Description
oid	Internal ID
type	Always "Event"
modified	Last modified
language	Language. Always "en"
institution_code	Institution code. Always "Happywhale"
basis_of_record	Basis of record. Always "HumanObservation"
occurrence_id	Occurrence ID assigned by Happywhale
catalog_number	Catalog number. A link to Happywhale
recorded_by	Person or organization who recorded the data
individual_count	Number of animal
sex	Gender of the animal if known
preparations	Method of data collection. Always "photograph"
occurrence_remarks	Occurrence remarks
organism_id	Organism/animal ID assigned by Happywhale
organism_name	Organism/animal name by provider
organism_remarks	Organism remarks
event_id	Event ID assigned by Happywhale
event_date	Date the picture was taken
event_time	Time the picture was taken in local time zone
higher_geography	Ocean the animal was seen
water_body	Details of ocean
locality	Location of ocean
verbatim_locality	Location of ocean described by the provider
decimal_latitude	Latitude in decimal degrees
decimal_longitude	Longitude in decimal degrees
geodetic_datum	Geodetic datum. Always "EPSG:4326 WGS84"
coordinate_precision	Coordinate precision
scientific_name	Scientific name
taxon_rank	Taxon rank
vernacular_name	Common name
license	License for picture
rights_holder	Rights holder
external_resource	Link to the picture (mid size)
external_resource_thumb	Link to the picture (small size)