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: 14.9
Divided by mountains: 1.8
Divided by objects: 1.0
Divided by parcel lines: 5.3
Divided by roads: 1.1
Divided by water: 5.9
Unknown: 7.6

Geographic type

Hills: 4.5
Mountains: 4.3
Plain: 8.5
Plateaus: 3.7
Terraformed: 2.4
Tropical beach paradise: 7.2
Water: 1.2
Unknown: 7.5

Transportation

Air: 0.2
Inside buildings: 3.3
None: 13.0
Paths: 4.2
Railways: 0.3
Roads: 4.3
Teleporters: 0.2
Water: 4.6
Unknown: 7.9

Water presence

No water: 7.4
<40% water: 15.1
~50% water: 5.4
>60* water: 2.9
Complete flooded: 0.6
Unknown: 7.5

Ground texture

Complete covered: 2.4
Designed special: 0.2
Empty ground: 1.8
Grass: 16.7
Sand: 9.5
White: 0.4
Unknown: 7.7

Vegetation

Colored plants: 1.0
Forest: 3.4
None: 8.3
Parks: 0.9
Small plants: 1.4
Temperate, not forest: 5.6
Tropical: 9.5
Water plants: 0.3
Unknown: 8.5

Building style

Advertise (large): 2.4
Advertise (small): 1.9
Antiquity: 0.4
Beach style: 6.5
Exposition: 0.6
Fantasy: 0.8
Far East: 0.3
Industrial: 0.2
Later then medieval: 0.9
Medieval: 1.8
Modern: 2.5
None: 2.6
Not buildings: 0.3
Ruins: 0.3
Rural: 1.7
Rustic: 3.0
Sci-fi: 0.6
State themed: 0.1
Suburbs: 2.2
Under water: 0.1
Urban: 1.3
Unknown: 7.8

Land destination

Club/party: 1.4
Commercial, not shops: 1.6
For sale, rent: 3.6
Institution: 0.8
Not used: 0.7
Private sandbox: 0.2
Recreation: 7.8
Residential: 9.9
Roleplay: 2.4
Shops: 3.1
Unknown: 7.6

Access restrictions

None found: 26.1
Themed outfit: 0.8
Ban lines: 2.7
Entity orbs: 1.6
Skybox limited: 1.3
No access: 6.2