Viewerhelp:Types and sizes of land

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Buying and Owning Land

• What is land?
• Types and sizes of land
• Buying versus renting
• How to buy a parcel
• Monitoring your land holdings and use
• Getting more or better land
• Controlling your region or estate

Land can either be located on:

• Mainland - Linden Lab-administrated and made of non-contiguous continents.
• Estate - Most estates are private estates owned by Residents.

How can you tell?

1. Choose World > Place Profile > About Land.
2. In About Land - General, look where it says Type and Owner. Mainland is always owned by Governor Linden.

From smallest to biggest land parcels, some important terms are:

• Parcel
  • Divided part of a region owned by a Resident or a group.
  • A parcel can be as small as 16 m² or as big as the entire region.
  • Every mainland parcel owner has a Premium or Concierge account (if you own half of a mainland region or more), but you you can buy (lease) parcels with a Basic account on private estates.
  • Settings are controlled in About Land.
• Region
  • A square on the map, either a private estate or the mainland.
  • 65,536 m² (256 x 256 m²) of virtual land running on a simulator.
  • Regions are part of an Estate.
  • Settings are controlled in Region/Estate.
• Estate
  • One or more regions owned by and billed to a Resident, called the estate owner, and optionally managed by up to ten estate managers.
  • Every estate owner has a Concierge account.
  • Estate managers have almost all the powers of the estate owner.
  • An estate's regions don't have to be contiguous.
  • Settings are controlled in Region/Estate, specifically the Estate tab.
• Second Life world - grid
  • Doesn't have a single owner, but is overall run by Linden Lab.
  • News appears on Grid Status Reports.

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