Difference between revisions of "Private Land Geography Research"

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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: 25.3
Divided by mountains: 3.1
Divided by objects: 2.6
Divided by parcel lines: 8.0
Divided by roads: 2.3
Divided by water: 8.8
Unknown: 9.9

Geographic type

Hills: 7.1
Mountains: 8.2
Plain: 13.7
Plateaus: 5.8
Terraformed: 3.2
Tropical beach paradise: 11.3
Water: 2.3
Unknown: 10.1

Transportation

Air: 0.5
Inside buildings: 4.7
None: 23.5
Paths: 6.7
Railways: 0.7
Roads: 6.9
Water: 6.3
Unknown: 10.5

Water presence

No water: 11.9
<40% water: 25.2
~50% water: 8.7
>60* water: 5.8
Complete flooded: 0.8
Unknown: 9.1

Ground texture

Covered ground: 3.0
Designed special: 0.5
Empty ground: 2.5
Grass: 30.2
Sand: 14.4
White: 0.4
Unknown: 9.7

Vegetation

Colored plants: 2.3
Dead plants & desert: 0.2
Forest: 7.4
None: 12.1
Parks: 1.5
Small plants: 2.0
Temperate, not forest: 9.4
Tropical: 14.5
Water plants: 0.3
Unknown: 11.5

Building style

Advertise (large): 3.3
Advertise (small): 3.0
Antiquity: 0.6
Beach style: 9.6
Exposition: 0.6
Fantasy: 1.2
Far East & East: 0.9
Industrial: 0.3
Later then medieval: 1.5
Medieval: 3.0
Modern: 4.7
None: 4.1
Not quite buildings: 1.0
Ruins: 0.4
Rural: 3.0
Rustic: 4.9
Sci-fi: 1.1
Suburbs: 4.5
Under water: 0.1
Urban: 2.0
Unknown: 10.9

Land destination

Club/party: 2.6
Commercial, not shops: 2.1
For sale, rent: 5.6
Institution: 1.4
Not used: 1.3
Private sandbox: 0.2
Recreation: 12.6
Residential: 15.6
Roleplay: 3.9
Shops: 4.6
Unknown: 10.6

Access restrictions

None found: 40.7
Themed outfit: 1.1
Ban lines: 5.7
Entity orbs: 2.7
Skybox limited: 2.1
No access: 8.4

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 === Land fragmentation ===
-*Undivided: 23.7
+*Undivided: 25.3
-*Divided by mountains: 2.6
+*Divided by mountains: 3.1
-*Divided by objects: 2.4
+*Divided by objects: 2.6
-*Divided by parcel lines: 7.4
+*Divided by parcel lines: 8.0
-*Divided by roads: 2.2
+*Divided by roads: 2.3
-*Divided by water: 8.4
+*Divided by water: 8.8
-*Unknown: 9.7
+*Unknown: 9.9
 === Geographic type ===
-*Hills: 6.6
+*Hills: 7.1
-*Mountains: 7.7
+*Mountains: 8.2
-*Plain: 12.7
+*Plain: 13.7
-*Plateaus: 5.4
+*Plateaus: 5.8
-*Terraformed: 3.0
+*Terraformed: 3.2
-*Tropical beach paradise: 10.7
+*Tropical beach paradise: 11.3
-*Water: 2.1
+*Water: 2.3
-*Unknown: 9.9
+*Unknown: 10.1
 === Transportation ===
 *Air: 0.5
-*Inside buildings: 4.3
+*Inside buildings: 4.7
-*None: 21.5
+*None: 23.5
-*Paths: 6.2
+*Paths: 6.7
-*Railways: 0.6
+*Railways: 0.7
-*Roads: 6.7
+*Roads: 6.9
-*Water: 6.0
+*Water: 6.3
-*Unknown: 10.4
+*Unknown: 10.5
 === Water presence ===
-*No water: 11.3
+*No water: 11.9
-*<40% water: 23.7
+*<40% water: 25.2
-*~50% water: 8.1
+*~50% water: 8.7
-*>60* water: 5.1
+*>60* water: 5.8
-*Complete flooded: 0.7
+*Complete flooded: 0.8
-*Unknown: 8.9
+*Unknown: 9.1
 == Ground texture ==
-*Covered ground: 2.8
+*Covered ground: 3.0
 *Designed special: 0.5
-*Empty ground: 2.3
+*Empty ground: 2.5
-*Grass: 27.8
+*Grass: 30.2
-*Sand: 13.8
+*Sand: 14.4
 *White: 0.4
-*Unknown: 9.6
+*Unknown: 9.7
 == Vegetation ==
-*Colored plants: 2.1
+*Colored plants: 2.3
 *Dead plants & desert: 0.2
-*Forest: 6.8
+*Forest: 7.4
-*None: 11.6
+*None: 12.1
-*Parks: 1.4
+*Parks: 1.5
-*Small plants: 1.8
+*Small plants: 2.0
-*Temperate, not forest: 8.4
+*Temperate, not forest: 9.4
-*Tropical: 13.7
+*Tropical: 14.5
 *Water plants: 0.3
-*Unknown: 11.2
+*Unknown: 11.5
 == Building style ==
-*Advertise (large): 3.1
+*Advertise (large): 3.3
-*Advertise (small): 2.5
+*Advertise (small): 3.0
 *Antiquity: 0.6
-*Beach style: 9.1
+*Beach style: 9.6
 *Exposition: 0.6
-*Fantasy: 1.1
+*Fantasy: 1.2
-*Far East & East: 0.7
+*Far East & East: 0.9
 *Industrial: 0.3
-*Later then medieval: 1.3
+*Later then medieval: 1.5
-*Medieval: 2.8
+*Medieval: 3.0
-*Modern: 4.0
+*Modern: 4.7
 *None: 4.1
-*Not quite buildings: 0.9
+*Not quite buildings: 1.0
-*Ruins: 0.3
+*Ruins: 0.4
-*Rural: 2.9
+*Rural: 3.0
 *Rustic: 4.9
 *Sci-fi: 1.1
-*Suburbs: 4.3
+*Suburbs: 4.5
 *Under water: 0.1
-*Urban: 1.8
+*Urban: 2.0
-*Unknown: 10.6
+*Unknown: 10.9
 == Land destination ==
 *Club/party: 2.6
-*Commercial, not shops: 2.0
+*Commercial, not shops: 2.1
-*For sale, rent: 5.2
+*For sale, rent: 5.6
-*Institution: 1.2
+*Institution: 1.4
-*Not used: 1.2
+*Not used: 1.3
 *Private sandbox: 0.2
-*Recreation: 11.8
+*Recreation: 12.6
-*Residential: 14.5
+*Residential: 15.6
-*Roleplay: 3.6
+*Roleplay: 3.9
-*Shops: 4.3
+*Shops: 4.6
-*Unknown: 10.4
+*Unknown: 10.6
 == Access restrictions ==
-*None found: 38.6
+*None found: 40.7
 *Themed outfit: 1.1
-*Ban lines: 4.8
+*Ban lines: 5.7
-*Entity orbs: 2.6
+*Entity orbs: 2.7
-*Skybox limited: 1.9
+*Skybox limited: 2.1
-*No access: 8.2
+*No access: 8.4
 == See also ==