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: 22.2
Divided by mountains: 2.6
Divided by objects: 2.3
Divided by parcel lines: 7.0
Divided by roads: 1.8
Divided by water: 8.2
Unknown: 9.7

Geographic type

Hills: 6.4
Mountains: 7.4
Plain: 11.7
Plateaus: 5.3
Terraformed: 2.9
Tropical beach paradise: 10.0
Water: 2.0
Unknown: 9.8

Transportation

Air: 0.5
Inside buildings: 4.0
None: 20.1
Paths: 6.0
Railways: 0.5
Roads: 6.3
Water: 5.9
Unknown: 10.3

Water presence

No water: 10.8
<40% water: 22.4
~50% water: 7.7
>60* water: 4.8
Complete flooded: 0.6
Unknown: 8.9

Ground texture

Covered ground: 2.8
Designed special: 0.5
Empty ground: 2.1
Grass: 26.5
Sand: 12.9
White: 0.4
Unknown: 9.5

Vegetation

Colored plants: 2.1
Dead plants: 0.1
Forest: 6.2
None: 11.0
Parks: 1.4
Small plants: 1.7
Temperate, not forest: 8.1
Tropical: 12.9
Water plants: 0.3
Unknown: 11.1

Building style

Advertise (large): 2.9
Advertise (small): 2.4
Antiquity: 0.6
Beach style: 8.7
Exposition: 0.6
Fantasy: 1.1
Far East & East: 0.7
Industrial: 0.3
Later then medieval: 1.2
Medieval: 2.7
Modern: 3.6
None: 3.9
Not quite buildings: 0.6
Ruins: 0.3
Rural: 2.8
Rustic: 4.7
Sci-fi: 1.0
Suburbs: 4.0
Under water: 0.1
Urban: 1.8
Unknown: 10.5

Land destination

Club/party: 2.1
Commercial, not shops: 1.8
For sale, rent: 5.1
Institution: 1.2
Not used: 1.1
Private sandbox: 0.2
Recreation: 11.4
Residential: 14.3
Roleplay: 3.3
Shops: 4.0
Unknown: 10.3

Access restrictions

None found: 36.6
Themed outfit: 1.0
Ban lines: 4.7
Entity orbs: 2.5
Skybox limited: 1.8
No access: 8.0