OceanCare cetacean sightings 2001-2014
OceanCare

Summary of download requests

Number of users / requestsUsersRequests
268965
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.
18947
Years 2026202520242023
4513252196
Formats requested Types requested  
csv525
shapefile172
kml148
wms9
wfs8
gdb103
Gridded summary Type 1a (dist_taxa)31
Gridded summary Type 1b (dist_taxa_h3)2
Gridded summary Type 2a (dist_sp)359
Gridded summary Type 2b (dist_sp_h3)27
diversity indexes (diversity)0
Observations based on criteria (points)74
All observations of species (whole_species)465
All observations in dataset (whole_dataset)7
  • 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
9512023-02-16dist_spkml480List of datasetsList of species63eea5966cf70_20230216_165827
9522023-02-15dist_spcsv11List of datasetsList of species63ed343a2bbe7_20230215_144056
9532023-02-15pointscsv11List of datasetsList of species63ed4212067aa_20230215_153742
9542023-02-14whole_datasetcsv492List of datasetsList of species63eb57fa3950c_20230214_060808
9552023-02-09dist_sp_h3csv1List of datasetsList of species63e53911bbf0f_20230209_135036
9562023-02-03dist_spshapefile480List of datasetsList of species63dccb233471d_20230203_042028
9572023-02-02whole_speciescsv11List of datasetsList of species63dc5258859af_20230202_192151
9582023-02-02whole_speciescsv53List of datasetsList of species63dc5441b51e8_20230202_192607
9592023-01-31dist_spcsv46List of datasetsList of species63d9208fc70a7_20230131_091652
9602023-01-28dist_spshapefile1List of datasetsList of species63d5f709a66b4_20230128_234404
9612023-01-28dist_spkml1List of datasetsList of species63d5f709a66b4_20230128_234238
9622023-01-24whole_speciesgdb10List of datasetsList of species63cfb81555527_20230124_055452
9632023-01-24whole_specieskml373List of datasetsList of species63cfb81555527_20230124_060811
9642023-01-24whole_specieskml53List of datasetsList of species63cfb81555527_20230124_060344
9652023-01-24whole_speciesgdb11List of datasetsList of species63cfb81555527_20230124_060900
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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.