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: 17.8
Divided by mountains: 2.2
Divided by objects: 1.3
Divided by parcel lines: 6.0
Divided by roads: 1.2
Divided by water: 6.7
Unknown: 8.5

Geographic type

Hills: 5.7
Mountains: 5.3
Plain: 9.6
Plateaus: 4.0
Terraformed: 2.7
Tropical beach paradise: 8.2
Water: 1.4
Unknown: 8.7

Transportation

Air: 0.4
Inside buildings: 3.6
None: 15.9
Paths: 5.1
Railways: 0.4
Roads: 4.8
Water: 4.9
Unknown: 9.0

Water presence

No water: 8.5
<40% water: 18.0
~50% water: 6.1
>60* water: 3.3
Complete flooded: 0.6
Unknown: 8.5

Ground texture

Complete covered: 2.5
Designed special: 0.3
Empty ground: 1.9
Grass: 20.1
Sand: 10.7
White: 0.4
Unknown: 8.8

Vegetation

Colored plants: 1.3
Forest: 4.1
None: 9.4
Parks: 1.3
Small plants: 1.4
Temperate, not forest: 6.6
Tropical: 11.0
Water plants: 0.3
Unknown: 9.6

Building style

Advertise (large): 2.5
Advertise (small): 2.1
Antiquity: 0.6
Beach style: 7.4
Exposition: 0.6
Fantasy: 1.0
Far East & East: 0.6
Industrial: 0.2
Later then medieval: 1.1
Medieval: 2.1
Modern: 3.0
None: 3.0
Not quite buildings: 0.5
Ruins: 0.3
Rural: 2.2
Rustic: 3.5
Sci-fi: 0.9
Suburbs: 2.6
Under water: 0.1
Urban: 1.3
Unknown: 8.9

Land destination

Club/party: 1.6
Commercial, not shops: 1.6
For sale, rent: 4.4
Institution: 1.0
Not used: 1.0
Private sandbox: 0.2
Recreation: 9.0
Residential: 11.2
Roleplay: 2.7
Shops: 3.3
Unknown: 8.9

Access restrictions

None found: 30.1
Themed outfit: 0.9
Ban lines: 3.3
Entity orbs: 1.9
Skybox limited: 1.6
No access: 7.0