There are no official maps of Second life?
Bavid Dailey
As far as I can establish there are no officlal detailed maps of Second life available. There was an effort made a few years ago, which i was happy to buy. But the promised updates-soon, never eventuated.
My interest is in sailing primarily, but also in general exploration. From my limited knowledge this seems to be a capability that the moles must already have in some form .
I'd like to see an uptodate map of Second life, at least to sim level detail, with indications whether they supported sailing or not (for ocean sims) and with public routes marked on lands.
Maps are works of art, as well as essential tools, in SL as much as RL. Please consider making an offical map of the world
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Gwyneth Llewelyn
There is probably no
official
map. However, there is
the SLGI (Second Life Geography Institute). They've been around since... always, I guess! They're a smallish team which travels to everywhere
in SL and meticulously have documented all the things they found, and given them names.Their maps might not be the "best" — the SL landmass is huge — but they're probably the most complete set that exists.
Also, even if someone disagrees with the nomenclature they used, at the very least, one might appreciate the way they have organised their work, the divisions and subdivisions they have created (some are similar to how cartographers do it in RL; some, of course, have been specifically invented for the specificities of SL).
It's worth giving their Wiki a look. It's being kept up to date by the SLGI team, BTW; at the time of writing these paragraphs, the last update was only 20 days ago.
Miro Collas
I agree, an official map, naming the continents and other geographic features such as lakes, rivers, straits, mountains, etc, would be wonderful! It would also avoid confusion where different in-world entities might use different names for places, creating confusion.
Jennifer Boyle
It is desirable to have an official map with geographic names. For example, the Blake Sea is a recognized area, but its name isn't on any official map. That makes it hard for new users to find such areas when they hear about them. Even Bellesaria isn't labeled on an official map. The world map is the only official map we have, and the only geographic names on it are region names.