speciesgrids - cloud-optimized gridded dataset of marine species occurrence

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speciesgrids is a cloud-optimized gridded datasets of WoRMS aligned marine species distributions based on the OBIS and GBIF occurrence snapshots. The dataset is available in GeoParquet and currently supports Geohash and H3 grid output. A Python package is used to generate the speciesgrids product.

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Authors
Provoost, Pieter — International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE), IOC-UNESCO
Product Types software
Version 0.2.2
Metadata Created April 2, 2026, 22:08 (UTC)
Metadata Modified July 15, 2026, 12:02 (UTC)