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: 8.1
Divided by mountains: 1.6
Divided by objects: 0.7
Divided by parcel lines: 2.9
Divided by roads: 0.7
Divided by water: 3.2
Unknown: 4.8

Geographic type

Hills: 2.7
Mountains: 1.6
Plain: 4.8
Plateaus: 2.7
Terraformed: 1.1
Tropical beach paradise: 4.2
Water: 0.7
Unknown: 4.8

Transportation

Air: 0.1
Inside buildings: 1.8
None: 8.1
Paths: 2.3
Railways: 0.1
Roads: 2.4
Teleporters: 0.2
Water: 2.4
Unknown: 4.8

Water presence

No water: 4.7
<40% water: 8.0
~50% water: 3.0
>60* water: 1.7
Complete flooded: 0.3
Unknown: 4.8

Ground texture

Complete covered: 1.4
Empty ground: 1.1
Grass: 8.9
Sand: 6.0
White: 0.2
Unknown: 5.3

Vegetation

Colored plants: 0.6
Forest: 1.3
None: 4.9
Parks: 0.6
Small plants: 0.7
Temperate, not forest: 3.6
Tropical: 5.7
Water plants: 0.3
Unknown: 5.4

Building style

Advertise (large): 1.5
Advertise (small): 1.1
Antiquity: 0.1
Arabic: 0.1
Beach style: 3.9
Exposition: 0.4
Fantasy: 0.5
Far East: 0.1
Later medieval: 0.6
Medieval: 1.0
Modern: 1.3
None: 1.4
Ruins: 0.2
Rural: 0.5
Rustic: 1.9
Sci-fi: 0.3
Suburbs: 1.6
Under water: 0.1
Urban: 1.0
Unknown: 4.7

Land destination

Club/party: 0.9
Commercial, not shops: 1.3
For sale, rent: 2.4
Institution: 0.6
Not used: 0.1
Private sandbox: 0.2
Recreation: 4.0
Residential: 6.5
Roleplay: 1.0
Shops: 1.7
Unknown: 4.6

Access restrictions

None found: 14.4
Themed outfit: 0.6
Ban lines: 1.5
Entity orbs: 0.9
Skybox limited: 0.8
No access: 3.9