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: 25.3
Divided by mountains: 3.1
Divided by objects: 2.6
Divided by parcel lines: 8.0
Divided by roads: 2.3
Divided by water: 8.8
Unknown: 9.9

Geographic type

Hills: 7.1
Mountains: 8.2
Plain: 13.7
Plateaus: 5.8
Terraformed: 3.2
Tropical beach paradise: 11.3
Water: 2.3
Unknown: 10.1

Transportation

Air: 0.5
Inside buildings: 4.7
None: 23.5
Paths: 6.7
Railways: 0.7
Roads: 6.9
Water: 6.3
Unknown: 10.5

Water presence

No water: 11.9
<40% water: 25.2
~50% water: 8.7
>60* water: 5.8
Complete flooded: 0.8
Unknown: 9.1

Ground texture

Covered ground: 3.0
Designed special: 0.5
Empty ground: 2.5
Grass: 30.2
Sand: 14.4
White: 0.4
Unknown: 9.7

Vegetation

Colored plants: 2.3
Dead plants & desert: 0.2
Forest: 7.4
None: 12.1
Parks: 1.5
Small plants: 2.0
Temperate, not forest: 9.4
Tropical: 14.5
Water plants: 0.3
Unknown: 11.5

Building style

Advertise (large): 3.3
Advertise (small): 3.0
Antiquity: 0.6
Beach style: 9.6
Exposition: 0.6
Fantasy: 1.2
Far East & East: 0.9
Industrial: 0.3
Later then medieval: 1.5
Medieval: 3.0
Modern: 4.7
None: 4.1
Not quite buildings: 1.0
Ruins: 0.4
Rural: 3.0
Rustic: 4.9
Sci-fi: 1.1
Suburbs: 4.5
Under water: 0.1
Urban: 2.0
Unknown: 10.9

Land destination

Club/party: 2.6
Commercial, not shops: 2.1
For sale, rent: 5.6
Institution: 1.4
Not used: 1.3
Private sandbox: 0.2
Recreation: 12.6
Residential: 15.6
Roleplay: 3.9
Shops: 4.6
Unknown: 10.6

Access restrictions

None found: 40.7
Themed outfit: 1.1
Ban lines: 5.7
Entity orbs: 2.7
Skybox limited: 2.1
No access: 8.4