Private Land Geography Research

Second Life Geography

NOTE: THIS ARTICLE IS IN PROGRESS. PLEASE WAIT TO BE FINISHED. ESTIMATED FINISH TIME: AUGUST 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 if not all of them)
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: 4
Divided by mountains:
Divided by objects: 2
Divided by parcel lines: 3
Divided by water:
Unknown: 2

Geographic type

Flat plain: 5
Undulated plain: 2
Plateaus (flat): 1
Plateaus (rough):
Terraformed: 1
Tropical beach: 2
Unknown: 1

Transportation

None: 9
Paths: 1
Roads: 1
Unknown: 1

Water presence

No water: 3
<40% water: 5
~50% water: 1
>60* water: 1
Complete flooded:
Unknown: 2

Ground texture

Empty ground: 1
Grass: 4
Sand: 4
White: 1
Unknown: 2

Vegetation

Colored trees: 1
None: 3
Parks: 1
Small plants: 1
Tropical: 3
Various: 1
Unknown: 2

Building style

Advertise: 1
Beach style: 3
Exposition: 1
Modern: 1
None: 1
Old: 1
Rustic: 1
Urban: 1
Unknown: 2

Land destination

Club/party: 1
Commercial, not shops: 1
For sale: 3
Recreation: 1
Residential: 2
Private sandbox: 1
Shops: 2
Unknown: 1

Access restrictions

None found: 8
Ban lines: 1
Entity orbs: 1
Skybox limited: 1
No access: