Private Land Geography Research

Second Life Geography

NOTE: THIS ARTICLE IS IN PROGRESS. PLEASE WAIT TO BE FINISHED. ESTIMATED FINISH TIME: AUGUST 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: 6.5
Divided by mountains: 1.3
Divided by objects: 0.5
Divided by parcel lines: 2.1
Divided by roads: 0.7
Divided by water: 2.6
Unknown: 3.6

Geographic type

Hills: 2.1
Mountains: 1.4
Plain: 3.8
Plateaus: 2.3
Terraformed: 0.7
Tropical beach paradise: 3.5
Water: 0.6
Unknown: 3.5

Transportation

Air: 0.1
Inside buildings: 1.1
None: 6.2
Paths: 1.7
Railways: 0.1
Roads: 2.3
Teleporters: 0.2
Water: 2.2
Unknown: 3.6

Water presence

No water: 3.2
<40% water: 6.6
~50% water: 2.3
>60* water: 1.5
Complete flooded: 0.3
Unknown: 3.5

Ground texture

Complete covered: 1.1
Empty ground: 1.0
Grass: 6.8
Sand: 5.1
White: 0.2
Unknown: 4.0

Vegetation

Colored plants: 0.5
Forest: 1.1
None: 3.7
Parks: 0.4
Small plants: 0.6
Temperate, not forest: 3.0
Tropical: 4.8
Water plants: 0.2
Unknown: 3.7

Building style

Advertise (large): 1.1
Advertise (small): 0.9
Arabic: 0.1
Beach style: 3.4
Exposition: 0.3
Fantasy: 0.5
Medieval: 1.0
Modern: 0.9
None: 1.2
Old, not medieval: 0.3
Ruins: 0.2
Rural: 0.4
Rustic: 1.6
Sci-fi: 0.3
Suburbs: 1.2
Under water: 0.1
Urban: 0.9
Unknown: 3.6

Land destination

Club/party: 0.9
Commercial, not shops: 0.4
For sale, rent: 1.9
Institution: 0.3
Not used: 0.1
Private sandbox: 0.2
Recreation: 3.3
Residential: 5.1
Roleplay: 1.0
Shops: 1.5
Unknown: 3.5

Access restrictions

None found: 11.5
Themed outfit: 0.6
Ban lines: 1.2
Entity orbs: 0.6
Skybox limited: 0.5
No access: 3.0