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: 22.0
Divided by mountains: 2.4
Divided by objects: 2.1
Divided by parcel lines: 6.7
Divided by roads: 1.7
Divided by water: 7.7
Unknown: 9.4

Geographic type

Hills: 6.4
Mountains: 7.0
Plain: 11.1
Plateaus: 4.9
Terraformed: 2.9
Tropical beach paradise: 9.8
Water: 1.9
Unknown: 9.6

Transportation

Air: 0.4
Inside buildings: 3.9
None: 19.5
Paths: 5.9
Railways: 0.5
Roads: 6.1
Water: 5.8
Unknown: 10.0

Water presence

No water: 10.7
<40% water: 21.1
~50% water: 7.6
>60* water: 4.6
Complete flooded: 0.6
Unknown: 8.8

Ground texture

Covered ground: 2.8
Designed special: 0.5
Empty ground: 1.9
Grass: 25.3
Sand: 12.5
White: 0.4
Unknown: 9.4

Vegetation

Colored plants: 2.1
Dead plants: 0.1
Forest: 5.7
None: 10.7
Parks: 1.4
Small plants: 1.7
Temperate, not forest: 7.7
Tropical: 12.5
Water plants: 0.3
Unknown: 10.8

Building style

Advertise (large): 2.8
Advertise (small): 2.3
Antiquity: 0.6
Beach style: 8.6
Exposition: 0.6
Fantasy: 1.1
Far East & East: 0.6
Industrial: 0.2
Later then medieval: 1.2
Medieval: 2.3
Modern: 3.4
None: 3.7
Not quite buildings: 0.6
Ruins: 0.3
Rural: 2.8
Rustic: 4.7
Sci-fi: 1.0
Suburbs: 3.7
Under water: 0.1
Urban: 1.8
Unknown: 10.2

Land destination

Club/party: 2.1
Commercial, not shops: 1.8
For sale, rent: 5.1
Institution: 1.1
Not used: 1.0
Private sandbox: 0.2
Recreation: 11.1
Residential: 13.6
Roleplay: 3.1
Shops: 3.7
Unknown: 10.1

Access restrictions

None found: 35.5
Themed outfit: 0.9
Ban lines: 4.3
Entity orbs: 2.5
Skybox limited: 1.8
No access: 7.7