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One of the most common confusions about Second Life I (Torley) come across is distinguishing between land hierarchy terms. As in:

• "What's the difference between a region and an estate?"
• "Are a region and a sim the same thing?" (No, not quite; "sim" gets misused often. Learn the difference.)

Totally understandable.

Ever seen the brilliant short, Powers of Ten? I highly recommend watching it, if only to get an awe-inspiring idea of our real world fits together, and how bigger groups contain smaller units.

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In a similar way, since Second Life is 3D and graphical, I thought I'd show you an elegant, visual "cheat sheet" of our land hierarchy. Click to enlarge (or right-click and download), and share it with your friends!

Obviously, this is a simplified view; Teen Second Life isn't represented, nor are details of various continents and cultural features. If you're interested in more of that,, and we have [[Land|more information about the above terms].

The above was adapted from this blog post.

Trivia

• Square meters (m²) were chosen as a general representation due to their familiarity and rough proportion to avatar size. However, scale is different in Second Life: for example, houses are often more spacious inside due to how the third-person camera controls get obscured by walls. So for practical purposes, virtual square meters aren't the same as real-world square meters.