Land & Public Works

At the moment, South Sansara has almost zero protected coastlines, except for a few around the rentable "Elements" regions near Bellisseria. On the World Map, Sansara already appears to have such a coast, but it actually doesn't. The entire coastline is overdeveloped with private parcels and ban lines. No provision of a Protected Waterway was ever made. Boat-owning parcel owners on this faux "coast" are basically trapped within their own parcels with no direct access to open seas. A southern coastline would give the Snowlands regions full north and south accessibility to boats and aircraft. Chamonix City could be encircled with a perimeter of protected water channels/regions, while allowing space for Chamonix City to expand further, should it wish to do so in the future. A southern coastline would link to existing protected coastlines north of Chamonix City that extend further north along the Snowlands, the Vehicle Testing Sandboxes, to Nova Albion, Bay City, the ANWR Channel and Heterocera continent. Please consider building Sansara a fit and proper southern coastline, something it has never had for the last 23+ years and is long overdue for.

Second Life needs a Route 66. (Maybe 67 if calling it the real one is too much?) Like a fully signposted historic route that just goes through nearly everything on the mainland. People will come to drive the whole route as a cultural pilgrimage and people will want to set up roadside attractions and it would be like a homage to the real route 66. I don't think it would actually take too much work. We can piggy back off the existing road network and simply add some new signage. A few new bridges or tunnels might be necessary to connect some continents and make a long continuous route. But I think it would be worth it and make a huge new landmark/attraction in Second Life of sorts.

This feedback is in follow-up to my recent support ticket regarding the possibility of expanding navigable waterways across Mainland. In the reply to my ticket, I was encouraged to submit locations through Feedback where expanding waterways might be appropriate. Jeogeot is the first continent I am trying to explore for this purpose. I attempted to travel around Jeogeot by boat to identify specific regions where waterways are blocked or disconnected, but I found that this is an issue across much of the continent rather than at only a few individual locations. In several areas I tried moving my boat across land in edit mode so I could continue exploring from the next available waterway, but I was not successful. I also had difficulty finding public locations where I could rez my boat, which made exploring the existing waterways even more difficult. From what I have been able to explore so far, Jeogeot would benefit from considerably more connected navigable water. Where Linden-owned or protected land makes it possible, I would like to suggest reviewing the continent for opportunities to create or connect waterways and to add more public boat rez locations. Even relatively small connections between existing bodies of water could open up much larger boating routes and make Jeogeot much more accessible for boating and exploration. I have also attached an example image showing one area where the waterways are blocked or disconnected. This is just one example of the broader issue I encountered while trying to navigate Jeogeot by boat.

For the past 21 years the intersection in Honawan and Tompson has been less than optimal, as it is very close to the region crossing. It is possible to turn right without entering Tompson, and it works the other way as well, but only with smaller vehicles, otherwise you need to enter Tompson and then cross back to Honawan because large vehicles can get stuck on the high curb. There is enough space on the protected land parcel for an open right turn on this roadway. If you could replace the curb at https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Honawan/200/252/109 with a flat prim, it would be a quick and sufficient solution so that we could make the turn without having to cross into Tompson and back to Honawan, or getting stuck on the curb. Thank you in advance.

Zindra is a wonderful continent to boat on but there is no way to circumnavigate it. In particular, the south east corner has private land upto the world and and some of the land owners don't allow passage. Navigable water, shown on the areas marked on this screen shot https://gyazo.com/ffc3fbe6e2610a7109dd52e8cd164d72 would provide passage. Also on the south east and east sides. https://gyazo.com/b98159452cccbda561c9cdbd5bd8ad18

Historically, Second Life featured iconic, high-impact regions that served as definitive, "must-see" landmarks across the grid. While numerous community-created regions continue to showcase exceptional beauty today, there is a noticeable decline in high-profile "Wonders of Second Life" style builds. Although a few of these legendary spaces remain active or preserved, a renewed focus on large-scale landmark development would greatly benefit the community. Additionally, several official Linden Lab builds—such as the major Halloween regions and the seasonal installations in Bellisseria—are beginning to show their age. To maintain high engagement, these spaces would benefit from comprehensive visual upgrades or entirely new thematic directions. Leveraging collaborative partnerships with prominent community creators could be an excellent, mutually beneficial strategy to revitalize these official builds and deliver fresh, cutting-edge experiences to residents.

Winter Wonderland's older original regions were kept open all year round. However, the present newer versions are closed for most of the year, except when it's winter time in the northern hemisiphere. But the people in the southern hemisphere have their winter in June, July and August. Southern hemispherans don't have the joy of accessing or using Winter Wonderland during their winter time, which is unfair. The northern hemisphere bias in Winter Wonderland (and Bellisseria) is both absurd and discriminatory. Please keep Winter Wonderland open during the entire year, as it once was during its previous incarnation. It's proper and fair to do so.

I've not seen it in SL, but it could possibly be fun idea for the LL Moles to build. A British style canal network. Sure, on some suitable continent where there is some space available, or maybe Bellerissia. I as a boat builder would be happy to build a selection of canal boats, and I know a couple of other builders who have already built canal boats. Narrowboats as they are known, 6 foot 10 inches wide and 57 feet long (that could be scaled up by say 15% for SL avis), travel around a network of canals that are often only as wide as two or 3 boat widths. Allowing boats to be moored on the side, and others to pass. Locks that are often only one boat width take the narrow boats up and down gradients. Locks make the whole journey interesting, and could be fun in SL if done well. I'd be happy to get involved with designing and building some locks too. This could be a fun activity.

I need to give direct feedback on the Ridgewood commercial release system because right now, it’s not working in a fair or realistic way. People are being forced to sit there for long periods, sometimes hours, just to spam refresh and try to click a parcel the second it becomes available. It’s not a proper release system anymore; it’s just luck and timing with who clicks faster or who’s got less lag. And on top of that, when land actually becomes abandoned, you still have to wait ages for the sign to even show. So by the time anything appears, people are already sitting there for hours watching and waiting for nothing. That is not a functional system for commercial land. It also creates unnecessary conflict between residents because everyone is under pressure doing the same thing at the same time, and people end up speaking to each other badly. That is a direct result of how this system is set up. The “7-day rule” enforcement also doesn’t feel consistent. We are told to send abuse reports, but parcels still stay claimed with no clear change, even after repeated checks over time. From the outside, it looks like inactive or unused spaces are just sitting locked while others can’t access them. At this point, the system feels unclear, slow to update, and not fairly managed. If the intention is first-come, first-served, then it still needs to be done in a way that is actually transparent and updated in real time, not based on waiting for signs and hoping you catch a window. This needs a proper review because right now it’s frustrating, inconsistent, and does not reflect a fair commercial allocation process.

Zindra roads look ike ice or glass and it's quite terrible. I'll be glad to volunteer for this if need be.