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: 12.0
Divided by mountains: 1.7
Divided by objects: 0.8
Divided by parcel lines: 4.2
Divided by roads: 0.9
Divided by water: 4.8
Unknown: 6.5

Geographic type

Hills: 3.3
Mountains: 3.3
Plain: 7.2
Plateaus: 3.4
Terraformed: 1.8
Tropical beach paradise: 5.5
Water: 1.0
Unknown: 6.5

Transportation

Air: 0.2
Inside buildings: 2.5
None: 11.0
Paths: 3.4
Railways: 0.2
Roads: 3.8
Teleporters: 0.2
Water: 3.3
Unknown: 6.7

Water presence

No water: 6.0
<40% water: 12.4
~50% water: 4.2
>60* water: 2.1
Complete flooded: 0.6
Unknown: 5.9

Ground texture

Complete covered: 2.0
Designed special: 0.1
Empty ground: 1.6
Grass: 13.2
Sand: 7.9
White: 0.3
Unknown: 6.9

Vegetation

Colored plants: 1.0
Forest: 2.4
None: 6.8
Parks: 0.7
Small plants: 1.3
Temperate, not forest: 4.8
Tropical: 7.7
Water plants: 0.3
Unknown: 7.2

Building style

Advertise (large): 1.9
Advertise (small): 1.5
Antiquity: 0.2
Beach style: 5.4
Exposition: 0.5
Fantasy: 0.8
Far East: 0.1
Industrial: 0.1
Later medieval: 0.7
Medieval: 1.5
Modern: 2.0
None: 2.2
Not buildings: 0.1
Ruins: 0.2
Rural: 1.2
Rustic: 2.5
Sci-fi: 0.5
State themed: 0.2
Suburbs: 2.0
Under water: 0.1
Urban: 1.3
Unknown: 6.5

Land destination

Club/party: 1.2
Commercial, not shops: 1.4
For sale, rent: 2.9
Institution: 0.7
Not used: 0.5
Private sandbox: 0.2
Recreation: 6.2
Residential: 8.9
Roleplay: 1.9
Shops: 2.2
Unknown: 6.4

Access restrictions

None found: 20.8
Themed outfit: 0.8
Ban lines: 1.9
Entity orbs: 1.3
Skybox limited: 1.0
No access: 5.3