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: 21.6
Divided by mountains: 2.4
Divided by objects: 2.0
Divided by parcel lines: 6.6
Divided by roads: 1.7
Divided by water: 7.7
Unknown: 9.2

Geographic type

Hills: 6.4
Mountains: 6.8
Plain: 11.0
Plateaus: 4.9
Terraformed: 2.9
Tropical beach paradise: 9.6
Water: 1.8
Unknown: 9.4

Transportation

Air: 0.4
Inside buildings: 3.8
None: 19.4
Paths: 5.7
Railways: 0.5
Roads: 6.1
Water: 5.6
Unknown: 9.8

Water presence

No water: 10.6
<40% water: 20.9
~50% water: 7.4
>60* water: 4.0
Complete flooded: 0.6
Unknown: 8.7

Ground texture

Complete covered: 2.7
Designed special: 0.5
Empty ground: 1.9
Grass: 24.8
Sand: 12.4
White: 0.4
Unknown: 9.3

Vegetation

Colored plants: 2.0
Dead plants: 0.1
Forest: 5.5
None: 10.6
Parks: 1.4
Small plants: 1.7
Temperate, not forest: 7.6
Tropical: 12.4
Water plants: 0.3
Unknown: 10.6

Building style

Advertise (large): 2.8
Advertise (small): 2.3
Antiquity: 0.6
Beach style: 8.4
Exposition: 0.6
Fantasy: 1.1
Far East & East: 0.6
Industrial: 0.2
Later then medieval: 1.2
Medieval: 2.3
Modern: 3.4
None: 3.7
Not quite buildings: 0.6
Ruins: 0.3
Rural: 2.8
Rustic: 4.4
Sci-fi: 1.0
Suburbs: 3.7
Under water: 0.1
Urban: 1.7
Unknown: 10.0

Land destination

Club/party: 2.0
Commercial, not shops: 1.8
For sale, rent: 5.1
Institution: 1.1
Not used: 1.0
Private sandbox: 0.2
Recreation: 10.7
Residential: 13.6
Roleplay: 3.1
Shops: 3.6
Unknown: 9.9

Access restrictions

None found: 35.0
Themed outfit: 0.9
Ban lines: 4.3
Entity orbs: 2.4
Skybox limited: 1.7
No access: 7.6

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 === Land fragmentation ===
-*Undivided: 21.1
+*Undivided: 21.6
-*Divided by mountains: 2.5
+*Divided by mountains: 2.4
-*Divided by objects: 1.8
+*Divided by objects: 2.0
-*Divided by parcel lines: 6.4
+*Divided by parcel lines: 6.6
-*Divided by roads: 1.6
+*Divided by roads: 1.7
-*Divided by water: 7.5
+*Divided by water: 7.7
 *Unknown: 9.2
@@ Line 30: / Line 30: @@
 *Hills: 6.4
-*Mountains: 6.7
+*Mountains: 6.8
-*Plain: 10.8
+*Plain: 11.0
-*Plateaus: 4.4
+*Plateaus: 4.9
-*Terraformed: 2.8
+*Terraformed: 2.9
-*Tropical beach paradise: 9.3
+*Tropical beach paradise: 9.6
-*Water: 1.5
+*Water: 1.8
 *Unknown: 9.4
@@ Line 41: / Line 41: @@
 *Air: 0.4
-*Inside buildings: 3.7
+*Inside buildings: 3.8
-*None: 18.7
+*None: 19.4
-*Paths: 5.5
+*Paths: 5.7
 *Railways: 0.5
-*Roads: 5.9
+*Roads: 6.1
-*Water: 5.4
+*Water: 5.6
-*Unknown: 9.7
+*Unknown: 9.8
 === Water presence ===
-*No water: 10.3
+*No water: 10.6
-*<40% water: 20.5
+*<40% water: 20.9
-*~50% water: 6.9
+*~50% water: 7.4
-*>60* water: 3.8
+*>60* water: 4.0
 *Complete flooded: 0.6
-*Unknown: 8.6
+*Unknown: 8.7
 == Ground texture ==
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 *Designed special: 0.5
 *Empty ground: 1.9
-*Grass: 23.7
+*Grass: 24.8
-*Sand: 12.1
+*Sand: 12.4
 *White: 0.4
-*Unknown: 9.2
+*Unknown: 9.3
 == Vegetation ==
-*Colored plants: 1.8
+*Colored plants: 2.0
 *Dead plants: 0.1
-*Forest: 5.3
+*Forest: 5.5
-*None: 10.4
+*None: 10.6
 *Parks: 1.4
-*Small plants: 1.5
+*Small plants: 1.7
-*Temperate, not forest: 7.3
+*Temperate, not forest: 7.6
-*Tropical: 12.1
+*Tropical: 12.4
 *Water plants: 0.3
-*Unknown: 10.5
+*Unknown: 10.6
 == Building style ==
-*Advertise (large): 2.6
+*Advertise (large): 2.8
 *Advertise (small): 2.3
 *Antiquity: 0.6
-*Beach style: 8.2
+*Beach style: 8.4
 *Exposition: 0.6
 *Fantasy: 1.1
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 *Later then medieval: 1.2
 *Medieval: 2.3
-*Modern: 3.2
+*Modern: 3.4
-*None: 3.6
+*None: 3.7
 *Not quite buildings: 0.6
 *Ruins: 0.3
 *Rural: 2.8
-*Rustic: 4.1
+*Rustic: 4.4
 *Sci-fi: 1.0
-*Suburbs: 3.3
+*Suburbs: 3.7
 *Under water: 0.1
 *Urban: 1.7
-*Unknown: 9.9
+*Unknown: 10.0
 == Land destination ==
 *Club/party: 2.0
-*Commercial, not shops: 1.6
+*Commercial, not shops: 1.8
-*For sale, rent: 4.7
+*For sale, rent: 5.1
 *Institution: 1.1
 *Not used: 1.0
 *Private sandbox: 0.2
-*Recreation: 10.4
+*Recreation: 10.7
-*Residential: 13.3
+*Residential: 13.6
 *Roleplay: 3.1
-*Shops: 3.4
+*Shops: 3.6
-*Unknown: 9.8
+*Unknown: 9.9
 == Access restrictions ==
-*None found: 34.0
+*None found: 35.0
 *Themed outfit: 0.9
-*Ban lines: 4.1
+*Ban lines: 4.3
 *Entity orbs: 2.4
-*Skybox limited: 1.6
+*Skybox limited: 1.7
-*No access: 7.5
+*No access: 7.6
 == See also ==