Difference between revisions of "Private Land Geography Research"

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Second Life Geography

NOTE: THIS ARTICLE IS IN PROGRESS. PLEASE WAIT TO BE FINISHED. ESTIMATED FINISH TIME: SEPTEMBER 1ST 2014. IN THE END, RESULTS WILL BE SHOWN IN PERCENTS

Private-owned sims are the vast majority of land on the grid. They show a high diversity in Geographic features: land features, ground texture, vegetation and buildings. In many cases, they also have a complex system of skyboxes. But, a classification of these land features is possible and it shows in fact what are the aspirations of the people behind the scene.

Private sims are found in the following places:

Private Subcontinents (attached to Sansara and Nautilus continents)
Private Continents (smaller then the Linden-owned ones)
Private Microcontinents (the vast majority)
Private Sim Clusters (the vast majority)
Private Sim Groups (almost all of them)
Unassociated Sims (100% of them)
Isolated Sims (all of them).

The following listings are the data collected by Second Life Geography team by visiting private-owned sims.

Geographic features

Land fragmentation

Undivided: 21.0
Divided by mountains: 2.5
Divided by objects: 1.8
Divided by parcel lines: 6.4
Divided by roads: 1.6
Divided by water: 7.5
Unknown: 9.1

Geographic type

Hills: 6.4
Mountains: 6.6
Plain: 10.8
Plateaus: 4.4
Terraformed: 2.8
Tropical beach paradise: 9.3
Water: 1.5
Unknown: 9.3

Transportation

Air: 0.4
Inside buildings: 3.7
None: 18.7
Paths: 5.4
Railways: 0.5
Roads: 5.9
Water: 5.4
Unknown: 9.6

Water presence

No water: 10.3
<40% water: 20.5
~50% water: 6.8
>60* water: 3.7
Complete flooded: 0.6
Unknown: 8.6

Ground texture

Complete covered: 2.7
Designed special: 0.5
Empty ground: 1.9
Grass: 23.6
Sand: 12.1
White: 0.4
Unknown: 9.1

Vegetation

Colored plants: 1.8
Dead plants: 0.1
Forest: 5.3
None: 10.4
Parks: 1.4
Small plants: 1.5
Temperate, not forest: 7.2
Tropical: 12.1
Water plants: 0.3
Unknown: 10.4

Building style

Advertise (large): 2.6
Advertise (small): 2.3
Antiquity: 0.6
Beach style: 8.2
Exposition: 0.6
Fantasy: 1.1
Far East & East: 0.6
Industrial: 0.2
Later then medieval: 1.2
Medieval: 2.3
Modern: 3.2
None: 3.6
Not quite buildings: 0.6
Ruins: 0.3
Rural: 2.8
Rustic: 4.0
Sci-fi: 1.0
Suburbs: 3.3
Under water: 0.1
Urban: 1.7
Unknown: 9.8

Land destination

Club/party: 2.0
Commercial, not shops: 1.6
For sale, rent: 4.7
Institution: 1.1
Not used: 1.0
Private sandbox: 0.2
Recreation: 10.3
Residential: 13.3
Roleplay: 3.1
Shops: 3.4
Unknown: 9.7

Access restrictions

None found: 33.9
Themed outfit: 0.9
Ban lines: 4.1
Entity orbs: 2.4
Skybox limited: 1.6
No access: 7.4

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 === Land fragmentation ===
-*Undivided: 20.2
+*Undivided: 21.0
-*Divided by mountains: 2.4
+*Divided by mountains: 2.5
-*Divided by objects: 1.7
+*Divided by objects: 1.8
-*Divided by parcel lines: 6.3
+*Divided by parcel lines: 6.4
-*Divided by roads: 1.5
+*Divided by roads: 1.6
-*Divided by water: 7.2
+*Divided by water: 7.5
-*Unknown: 8.7
+*Unknown: 9.1
 === Geographic type ===
-*Hills: 6.2
+*Hills: 6.4
-*Mountains: 6.1
+*Mountains: 6.6
-*Plain: 10.5
+*Plain: 10.8
-*Plateaus: 4.2
+*Plateaus: 4.4
 *Terraformed: 2.8
-*Tropical beach paradise: 9.1
+*Tropical beach paradise: 9.3
-*Water: 1.4
+*Water: 1.5
-*Unknown: 8.9
+*Unknown: 9.3
 === Transportation ===
 *Air: 0.4
-*Inside buildings: 3.6
+*Inside buildings: 3.7
-*None: 18.0
+*None: 18.7
-*Paths: 5.3
+*Paths: 5.4
 *Railways: 0.5
-*Roads: 5.7
+*Roads: 5.9
-*Water: 5.0
+*Water: 5.4
-*Unknown: 9.2
+*Unknown: 9.6
 === Water presence ===
-*No water: 10.0
+*No water: 10.3
-*<40% water: 19.5
+*<40% water: 20.5
-*~50% water: 6.5
+*~50% water: 6.8
-*>60* water: 3.5
+*>60* water: 3.7
 *Complete flooded: 0.6
-*Unknown: 8.5
+*Unknown: 8.6
 == Ground texture ==
 *Complete covered: 2.7
-*Designed special: 0.4
+*Designed special: 0.5
 *Empty ground: 1.9
-*Grass: 22.0
+*Grass: 23.6
-*Sand: 11.9
+*Sand: 12.1
 *White: 0.4
-*Unknown: 8.9
+*Unknown: 9.1
 == Vegetation ==
-*Colored plants: 1.7
+*Colored plants: 1.8
 *Dead plants: 0.1
-*Forest: 4.8
+*Forest: 5.3
-*None: 10.0
+*None: 10.4
 *Parks: 1.4
 *Small plants: 1.5
-*Temperate, not forest: 7.1
+*Temperate, not forest: 7.2
-*Tropical: 11.8
+*Tropical: 12.1
 *Water plants: 0.3
-*Unknown: 9.9
+*Unknown: 10.4
 == Building style ==
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 *Advertise (small): 2.3
 *Antiquity: 0.6
-*Beach style: 7.9
+*Beach style: 8.2
 *Exposition: 0.6
 *Fantasy: 1.1
 *Far East & East: 0.6
 *Industrial: 0.2
-*Later then medieval: 1.1
+*Later then medieval: 1.2
-*Medieval: 2.2
+*Medieval: 2.3
-*Modern: 3.1
+*Modern: 3.2
-*None: 3.5
+*None: 3.6
-*Not quite buildings: 0.5
+*Not quite buildings: 0.6
 *Ruins: 0.3
-*Rural: 2.7
+*Rural: 2.8
-*Rustic: 3.8
+*Rustic: 4.0
 *Sci-fi: 1.0
-*Suburbs: 2.9
+*Suburbs: 3.3
 *Under water: 0.1
 *Urban: 1.7
-*Unknown: 9.3
+*Unknown: 9.8
 == Land destination ==
-*Club/party: 1.8
+*Club/party: 2.0
 *Commercial, not shops: 1.6
 *For sale, rent: 4.7
-*Institution: 1.0
+*Institution: 1.1
 *Not used: 1.0
 *Private sandbox: 0.2
-*Recreation: 9.7
+*Recreation: 10.3
-*Residential: 12.7
+*Residential: 13.3
 *Roleplay: 3.1
 *Shops: 3.4
-*Unknown: 9.3
+*Unknown: 9.7
 == Access restrictions ==
-*None found: 32.6
+*None found: 33.9
 *Themed outfit: 0.9
-*Ban lines: 4.0
+*Ban lines: 4.1
-*Entity orbs: 2.2
+*Entity orbs: 2.4
 *Skybox limited: 1.6
-*No access: 7.1
+*No access: 7.4
 == See also ==