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: 20.1
Divided by mountains: 2.4
Divided by objects: 1.5
Divided by parcel lines: 6.3
Divided by roads: 1.5
Divided by water: 7.1
Unknown: 8.6

Geographic type

Hills: 6.2
Mountains: 6.0
Plain: 10.5
Plateaus: 4.2
Terraformed: 2.8
Tropical beach paradise: 8.8
Water: 1.4
Unknown: 8.9

Transportation

Air: 0.4
Inside buildings: 3.6
None: 17.8
Paths: 5.3
Railways: 0.5
Roads: 5.5
Water: 5.0
Unknown: 9.2

Water presence

No water: 9.9
<40% water: 19.2
~50% water: 6.5
>60* water: 3.5
Complete flooded: 0.6
Unknown: 8.5

Ground texture

Complete covered: 2.7
Designed special: 0.4
Empty ground: 1.9
Grass: 22.0
Sand: 11.5
White: 0.4
Unknown: 8.9

Vegetation

Colored plants: 1.7
Dead plants: 0.1
Forest: 4.8
None: 9.9
Parks: 1.4
Small plants: 1.5
Temperate, not forest: 7.1
Tropical: 11.6
Water plants: 0.3
Unknown: 9.8

Building style

Advertise (large): 2.6
Advertise (small): 2.3
Antiquity: 0.6
Beach style: 7.8
Exposition: 0.6
Fantasy: 1.1
Far East & East: 0.6
Industrial: 0.2
Later then medieval: 1.1
Medieval: 2.2
Modern: 3.0
None: 3.5
Not quite buildings: 0.5
Ruins: 0.3
Rural: 2.6
Rustic: 3.8
Sci-fi: 1.0
Suburbs: 2.9
Under water: 0.1
Urban: 1.7
Unknown: 9.2

Land destination

Club/party: 1.8
Commercial, not shops: 1.6
For sale, rent: 4.7
Institution: 1.0
Not used: 1.0
Private sandbox: 0.2
Recreation: 9.7
Residential: 12.6
Roleplay: 3.0
Shops: 3.3
Unknown: 9.2

Access restrictions

None found: 32.3
Themed outfit: 0.9
Ban lines: 4.0
Entity orbs: 2.1
Skybox limited: 1.6
No access: 7.1