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: 23.7
Divided by mountains: 2.6
Divided by objects: 2.4
Divided by parcel lines: 7.4
Divided by roads: 2.2
Divided by water: 8.4
Unknown: 9.7

Geographic type

Hills: 6.6
Mountains: 7.7
Plain: 12.7
Plateaus: 5.4
Terraformed: 3.0
Tropical beach paradise: 10.7
Water: 2.1
Unknown: 9.9

Transportation

Air: 0.5
Inside buildings: 4.3
None: 21.5
Paths: 6.2
Railways: 0.6
Roads: 6.7
Water: 6.0
Unknown: 10.4

Water presence

No water: 11.3
<40% water: 23.7
~50% water: 8.1
>60* water: 5.1
Complete flooded: 0.7
Unknown: 8.9

Ground texture

Covered ground: 2.8
Designed special: 0.5
Empty ground: 2.3
Grass: 27.8
Sand: 13.8
White: 0.4
Unknown: 9.6

Vegetation

Colored plants: 2.1
Dead plants & desert: 0.2
Forest: 6.8
None: 11.6
Parks: 1.4
Small plants: 1.8
Temperate, not forest: 8.4
Tropical: 13.7
Water plants: 0.3
Unknown: 11.2

Building style

Advertise (large): 3.1
Advertise (small): 2.5
Antiquity: 0.6
Beach style: 9.1
Exposition: 0.6
Fantasy: 1.1
Far East & East: 0.7
Industrial: 0.3
Later then medieval: 1.3
Medieval: 2.8
Modern: 4.0
None: 4.1
Not quite buildings: 0.9
Ruins: 0.3
Rural: 2.9
Rustic: 4.9
Sci-fi: 1.1
Suburbs: 4.3
Under water: 0.1
Urban: 1.8
Unknown: 10.6

Land destination

Club/party: 2.6
Commercial, not shops: 2.0
For sale, rent: 5.2
Institution: 1.2
Not used: 1.2
Private sandbox: 0.2
Recreation: 11.8
Residential: 14.5
Roleplay: 3.6
Shops: 4.3
Unknown: 10.4

Access restrictions

None found: 38.6
Themed outfit: 1.1
Ban lines: 4.8
Entity orbs: 2.6
Skybox limited: 1.9
No access: 8.2