Land & Public Works

In the North East of Sansara on the Regions of Kemp Hove and Chapel Stile are parcels obviously prepared for Linden Roads and named 'protected land'. Please finish these roads or at least smooth the cliff at http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chapel%20Stile/4/103/22 . Even off road driving is impossible here. For the ones having fun traveling around SL it would be a plus AND SL mainland develops along roads so the residents have more fun in SL.

In all of Sansara, water sims have filled in former voids absolutely EVERYWHERE... except for one single place in the "old neighborhood," the very first sims which date all the way back to late 2002/early 2003. This is the area just to the north of the original Ahern welcome area. The locations would be the voids adjacent to Shermerville Central, DarkWood, Shermerville NW, Auda, Fuchsia, Celadon, Brown, Aqua, Gray, Tan, Kissling, Lusk, and Ahern. (Draw a rectange from NW Pepsin to SE Kissling and you'll cover all of it.) There are two store sims in this area, Cayman and Edge, both open to the public. Before anyone says, "oh, but we couldn't possibly move them" -- they are currently isolated; and if they wish to stay that way, fine. There's plenty of room in the void nearby for them, barely a kilometer away. I doubt their presence is a serious deterrent to repairing this situation. Even if it is, LDPW can still fill in the void locations that wouldn't edge-connect with them. The use of this project would be to revitalize the old neighborhood, fill in the one and only eyesore void inside Sansara; and especially to encourage more water and air traffic through that corridor, which would further connect the water sims to the north and west of Sansara with the water sims south of Bay City which run down next to the vehicle park and terminate just west of Abbotts. This would invite more boat and airplane traffic, drawing interest from boaters, GTFO! couriers, pilots, and more generally people who enjoy exploring. The new shoreline would have attractions that people could enjoy walking around for hours, whether or not they arrived by vehicle. We'd also see to it that the new areas are lit up very nicely to make them attractive by night, adding a touch of mystery and romance. My personal interest would be seeing water access open up to Gray, home of Kazenojin Executive Airport. That's the oldest airport in SL (we won that land in a contest at the end of beta in 2003, and have maintained it ever since -- but it's sadly isolated from the many water sims nearby. Does that seem right to you?) I also see numerous void-adjacent For Sale plots in the area which are probably going to stay that way until they get abandoned. I think they'd be FAR more attractive if they bordered navigable water, rather than being next to an invisible brick wall. (Who wants that? It's depressing! This is why water sims exist in the first place.) People who would never consider buying those plots today might become interested if there was some access from the waterways. In the case where Cayman and Edge remain where they are, these locations, which don't edge-connect with either, would receive new water sims: South of Fuchsia North of Miramare Bay North of Lusk North of Kissling South of Aqua South of Brown In the case where either or both of Cayman and Edge move somewhere else, OR agree to connection, then (up to) the six void positions edge-adjacent to them would also receive water sims. That would mostly or fully fill in the current void. I'd be happy to work with LDPW to put together a development plan for the area, specifically focusing on how to bridge the different terraforming styles: The other side of the Kissling hill (to the west/NW/north) would be a fantastic place for some mountainous hiking trails. To the west of Tan would be a blend from the Kissling hill to the shores of Gray. I'm thinking this could be like a river delta, with a bunch of boardwalks and other paths, lit up all nice at night. South of Fuchsia, continue the riverland theme, joining Auda. Continue all the way down to Miramare Bay with mostly just water, with an archipelago similar to Blake Sea - Sirens Isle. (Boat people LOVE archipelagos, especially with seating. That sim is NEVER empty.) North of Ahern and Lusk, continue the landscape and waterways. Add a boat dock to the Ahern lake to give visitors to the welcome area "something to do." A boat rezzer on the dock. Carve out a small river going from the Ahern lake, toward the southeast, crossing through the northeast corner of Murray and then joining the Rizal lake. This would connect the Ahern lake and new water sims to the north, to the currently mostly-isolated lakes of Murray, Smith, Kapor, and Rosedale; and encourage water transit all through that corridor from Abbotts, which has a major SL Coast Guard installation. (I'm not currently affiliated with them. It's just that they drive SO much traffic.) The sim immediately north of Ahern could have a small museum of curiosities from alpha through the end of the first year (?/2002 - 6/2004.) This would be appropriate, as Ahern was the main welcome area in 2003.

Belli is great. It is beautiful and the houses are fantastic. It's been well built and everything about what it is, is on point. But, the thing that makes it not an attractive option to many users is it is just one vast neighborhood for premium members. The lack of communal places (I know there is a few like the fair grounds, but they are very few and far between) and the repetitive nature of the sims with nothing but houses is not an attractive option to a lot of people who have premium (like myself). At this point we have more houses than people interested in them and there are plans for a LOT more sims and subsequently houses to be added to Belli over time. I do not think adding MORE housing to Belli will increase premium memberships. Where the real opportunity lies is in land sales on Mainland in my opinion. If we could get Gaeta I finished and connected to mainland, then get Gaeta II, III, IV, done as well with nice roads and waterways there will be a ton more interest in that I feel like, than in living in the vast repetitive suburbia that is Belli. If we aren't going to maintain things like Bay City (which I personally feel is one of the best mainland cities in SL) then I feel like we should be given more space, more land, more roads, to make fun communal spaces and activities for everyone. If you look at mainland, especially by the roads, we as the users have made so many amazingly fun places that are for everyone to use, and THAT is what I feel like will bring in new users and new premium accounts. More unique and up to date places to come together as a community and have fun! I know the point and purpose of Belli was to entice people in to getting premium memberships and bring in new users with how gorgeous it has been built. But I feel like we are at the overkill point of that project, and what will REALLY drive more premium memberships and more new users is more content made for everyone's enjoyment rather than a dwelling space. Give us the Gaeta continents and let us make them fun using all the new tools for creation at our disposal. Make the roads and waterways with vehicles in mind as well, and I can almost guarantee there will be increases in premium accounts and new users.

As it is currently, most signs warning of 4 way sim crossings come in the form of a resident who has a parcel near that area doing their part to keep others safe and put up hazard signs warning of impending doom if a driver doesnt slow down. But what if the Moles could take over and help put up these road signs, not just for 4 way sim crossings but also for blind spots, like an incline that ends in a T or left or right.

For this idea, I'm suggesting that 3-4 regions of abandoned mainland are built out as forest on each mainland continent. A 'real life' example might be something like a national forest found in the US. Each continent could have it's own theme for the forest (jungle, swamp, redwood, beachy?, etc.), and have trails/plants/flora/fauna. Each forest would have a small rez zone (so you can rez a bike or a horse or something). PROS You don't need to make any new regions. Claim 3 to 4 regions in areas that are mostly abandoned. Every mainland continent has spots like this. You add instant real estate value to all of those parcels near the new forest that didn't have any value before - a 'protected Linden Forest view' on the mainland would be awesome. Volunteers could build it. The precedent has already been laid for volunteers to build large scale events/projects in association with the Mole and Linden teams. I am confident that a call for volunteers would yield an amazing a list of mainland loving builders. Cost to build it would just be whatever time is needed for the Linden / Mole to keep an eye on how the builder team is doing. CONS I have no idea how you'd 'sell those parcels' near the forest in a fair way, but I'm sure there are lessons learned from 'the old days' about how to release new land for people to purchase etc.

Having seen the exhibit at the SL Birthday this year, it is clear the moles are capable of some wonderful art. I think it would be great if a new building set of road pieces and assorted decorations could be produced, using mesh and PBR with the aim of upgrading the appearance of Mainland roads. I think this combined with the eventual PBR Terrain rollout will send the Mainland well on it's way to a refreshed new look that everyone will be able to enjoy, and help the Mainland to exist in the present, rather than just the past.

Zindra has rez zones, but they are not marked with the usual markings. Known water locations: - Horizons: east and west rez zones - North coast: Shell Beach, Crayfish, Foley Beach and Broadwater - South: Popke Tal and in the big river system, Karoo - Port of Kama City, south side. Please place the usual rez zone markings. Thanks.

Please complete the coastline of Heterocera continent by adding one water region to the west side of Tiger region. This will complete the perimeter coastline of Heterocera, enabling north/south boat travel on the continent's west side, as well as making a full loop of the continent possible for the first time. Request originally requested as a JIRA Request, [BUG-231433] (Accepted) see: https://github.com/secondlife/jira-archive/issues/8911

There are 6 places around the Gaeta V continent which have very narrow pinch points, and whose protected waterways run too close to region corners and private parcels which are hazardous to a smooth sailing pathway around the Gaeta V continent. These 6 places can easily be fixed without expensively creating any new regions, or affecting Resident parcels near to these "pinch points". By luck or coincidence, there are 6 outer "spare" water regions further offshore which are not currently well used or essential to sailing around the Gaeta V continent. They seem not to be used often and could be moved inshore to improve Gaeta V's inshore coastline. The map I've drawn below features these 6 "spare" offshore regions (in turquoise) and where these "spare" offshore regions should be moved to (in red) inshore. Relocating these 6 "spare" offshore regions would ease and prevent the current inshore narrow pinch points and help to avoid hazardous narrow waterways and entering into Resident's private parcel territories. This would also make the Gaeta V continent more compatible for sailing larger "tall ship" style vessels around the continent too. I strongly suggest and propose that the 6 "spare" offshore water regions (Twelve Fathoms, Qoopz, Gaeta Reef, Christarn, Sciello and Unquar) be treated as "donor" regions and relocated to these 6 new inshore positions.

Many/most water canals in Heterocera are too shallow. For example, the canal running through http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sylvata/122/102/12 Likewise, it's continuation through several other regions going eastward. There are many other places.