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OBIS: Ocean Biodiversity Information System (2024)

Snapshot of the official OBIS parquet, see https://obis.org/data/access/

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What's in it

Data offered docs-verified: OBIS data snapshot (2024-06) · H3-indexed spatial coordinates, resolutions 1-9 (obis_h3.parquet) · obis_z10.geojson · obis_z10.pmtiles
Coverage llm-inferred: Global · 2024-06 snapshot
Resolution docs-verified: H3 indexing, resolutions 1-9 (obis_h3.parquet only); native record precision not stated
Formats docs-verified: Parquet · GeoJSON · PMTiles
Access docs-verified: Public, free and open; licence CC0

Useful for

Use cases llm-inferred: Marine species occurrence baseline for coastal or offshore scheme screening · H3-binned occurrence density for spatial aggregation in marine EIA screening · PMTiles overlay of OBIS records in GIS for consent-stage mapping
Audience llm-inferred: ecologists · GIS analysts · marine environmental consultants

Limitations

Constraints llm-inferred: Static 2024-06 snapshot, not a live OBIS feed · Coverage and temporal span beyond the snapshot date are not documented · Large files (up to 24.13 GB), so local processing is heavy · H3 indexing only in obis_h3.parquet; tmp_obis_h3.parquet is undocumented · Record-level data quality is not described in the docs · Licence text is in the product README, not the docs

Licence: see product README
Authentication: Public; anonymous HTTPS/S3 access via data.source.coop
GitHub stars: Unknown
Last commit: Unknown
Last successful page check: 14/10/2026
Page health: page reachable
Package: Not recorded
Verification: Not independently verified

Provenance & evidence

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Metadata observed 14/10/2026 · research sweep: manual-2026-10-15 (source.coop)