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: 11.3
Divided by mountains: 1.7
Divided by objects: 0.8
Divided by parcel lines: 3.8
Divided by roads: 0.8
Divided by water: 4.8
Unknown: 6.2

Geographic type

Hills: 3.3
Mountains: 3.2
Plain: 6.9
Plateaus: 3.3
Terraformed: 1.6
Tropical beach paradise: 5.2
Water: 0.8
Unknown: 6.2

Transportation

Air: 0.2
Inside buildings: 2.3
None: 10.6
Paths: 3.3
Railways: 0.2
Roads: 3.6
Teleporters: 0.2
Water: 3.0
Unknown: 6.4

Water presence

No water: 5.7
<40% water: 12.0
~50% water: 4.1
>60* water: 1.9
Complete flooded: 0.4
Unknown: 5.6

Ground texture

Complete covered: 1.8
Designed special: 0.1
Empty ground: 1.4
Grass: 12.8
Sand: 7.5
White: 0.3
Unknown: 6.6

Vegetation

Colored plants: 0.9
Forest: 2.3
None: 6.3
Parks: 0.7
Small plants: 1.2
Temperate, not forest: 4.7
Tropical: 7.4
Water plants: 0.3
Unknown: 7.0

Building style

Advertise (large): 1.7
Advertise (small): 1.5
Antiquity: 0.2
Beach style: 5.1
Exposition: 0.5
Fantasy: 0.7
Far East: 0.1
Industrial: 0.1
Later medieval: 0.7
Medieval: 1.5
Modern: 1.9
None: 1.9
Not buildings: 0.1
Ruins: 0.2
Rural: 1.1
Rustic: 2.5
Sci-fi: 0.5
State themed: 0.2
Suburbs: 1.9
Under water: 0.1
Urban: 1.3
Unknown: 6.3

Land destination

Club/party: 1.2
Commercial, not shops: 1.4
For sale, rent: 2.9
Institution: 0.6
Not used: 0.3
Private sandbox: 0.2
Recreation: 5.9
Residential: 8.5
Roleplay: 1.9
Shops: 2.0
Unknown: 6.1

Access restrictions

None found: 19.8
Themed outfit: 0.8
Ban lines: 1.8
Entity orbs: 1.2
Skybox limited: 0.9
No access: 5.1