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: 16.3
Divided by mountains: 2.0
Divided by objects: 1.3
Divided by parcel lines: 5.8
Divided by roads: 1.2
Divided by water: 6.1
Unknown: 8.3

Geographic type

Hills: 5.2
Mountains: 5.0
Plain: 9.0
Plateaus: 4.0
Terraformed: 2.5
Tropical beach paradise: 7.5
Water: 1.3
Unknown: 8.4

Transportation

Air: 0.4
Inside buildings: 3.3
None: 14.4
Paths: 4.9
Railways: 0.3
Roads: 4.6
Water: 4.8
Unknown: 8.7

Water presence

No water: 7.9
<40% water: 16.8
~50% water: 5.9
>60* water: 3.0
Complete flooded: 0.6
Unknown: 8.1

Ground texture

Complete covered: 2.4
Designed special: 0.3
Empty ground: 1.8
Grass: 18.7
Sand: 9.9
White: 0.4
Unknown: 8.5

Vegetation

Colored plants: 1.2
Forest: 4.0
None: 8.8
Parks: 1.0
Small plants: 1.4
Temperate, not forest: 6.3
Tropical: 10.0
Water plants: 0.3
Unknown: 9.3

Building style

Advertise (large): 2.4
Advertise (small): 2.0
Antiquity: 0.5
Beach style: 6.8
Exposition: 0.6
Fantasy: 0.8
Far East: 0.3
Industrial: 0.2
Later then medieval: 0.9
Medieval: 2.0
Modern: 2.8
None: 3.0
Not quite buildings: 0.4
Ruins: 0.3
Rural: 2.2
Rustic: 3.3
Sci-fi: 0.7
State themed: 0.2
Suburbs: 2.4
Under water: 0.1
Urban: 1.3
Unknown: 8.6

Land destination

Club/party: 1.4
Commercial, not shops: 1.6
For sale, rent: 4.2
Institution: 1.0
Not used: 0.9
Private sandbox: 0.2
Recreation: 8.2
Residential: 10.4
Roleplay: 2.6
Shops: 3.1
Unknown: 8.6

Access restrictions

None found: 28.2
Themed outfit: 0.8
Ban lines: 3.0
Entity orbs: 1.8
Skybox limited: 1.4
No access: 6.9