Private Land Geography Research

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: 8.8
Divided by mountains: 1.6
Divided by objects: 0.7
Divided by parcel lines: 3.1
Divided by roads: 0.7
Divided by water: 3.2
Unknown: 5.1

Geographic type

Hills: 2.8
Mountains: 1.8
Plain: 5.8
Plateaus: 2.8
Terraformed: 1.1
Tropical beach paradise: 4.2
Water: 0.7
Unknown: 5.1

Transportation

Air: 0.1
Inside buildings: 2.0
None: 8.4
Paths: 2.5
Railways: 0.1
Roads: 2.6
Teleporters: 0.2
Water: 2.4
Unknown: 5.1

Water presence

No water: 4.9
<40% water: 8.7
~50% water: 3.1
>60* water: 1.7
Complete flooded: 0.3
Unknown: 4.6

Ground texture

Complete covered: 1.4
Empty ground: 1.1
Grass: 9.7
Sand: 6.2
White: 0.2
Unknown: 5.5

Vegetation

Colored plants: 0.7
Forest: 1.4
None: 5.1
Parks: 0.6
Small plants: 0.9
Temperate, not forest: 3.8
Tropical: 5.8
Water plants: 0.3
Unknown: 5.7

Building style

Advertise (large): 1.6
Advertise (small): 1.1
Antiquity: 0.1
State themed: 0.2
Beach style: 3.9
Exposition: 0.4
Fantasy: 0.6
Far East: 0.1
Later medieval: 0.6
Medieval: 1.1
Modern: 1.4
None: 1.5
Ruins: 0.2
Rural: 0.7
Rustic: 2.0
Sci-fi: 0.3
Suburbs: 1.6
Under water: 0.1
Urban: 1.0
Unknown: 5.0

Land destination

Club/party: 1.0
Commercial, not shops: 1.3
For sale, rent: 2.5
Institution: 0.6
Not used: 0.1
Private sandbox: 0.2
Recreation: 4.4
Residential: 6.7
Roleplay: 1.0
Shops: 1.8
Unknown: 4.9

Access restrictions

None found: 15.2
Themed outfit: 0.7
Ban lines: 1.5
Entity orbs: 0.9
Skybox limited: 0.8
No access: 4.2