A Map Of The Second Life Grid That The Viewer Can't See
An SL blogger named Alf Eaton recently used the Mappa Novus service to generate giant, 13 meg size images of the Second Life grid, which has far exceeded the viewer's dynamic map. Get them at this link. Above, Osprey Therian's mark-up of the map, showing the area of SL that existed when she joined in 2004. Great way of getting a sense of the world's growth. Hat tip: Shiny Life.
Too bad Alf's website is broken. Perhaps someone could convince him to put the files elsewhere on a system that doesn't stop responding.
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Posted by: Ann Otoole | Wednesday, January 07, 2009 at 01:26 PM
Thanks Wagner for your amazing Blog!
It helps to discover and understand the metaverse. Happy new year!
Posted by: Nisei Oh | Wednesday, January 07, 2009 at 05:57 PM
You too, Nisei, and thanks!
Posted by: Hamlet Au | Wednesday, January 07, 2009 at 06:40 PM
It works again yay!
Posted by: Ann Otoole | Thursday, January 08, 2009 at 02:12 AM
This is great! I've been thinking about how to introduce SL in presentations at conferences, etc. I like the historical/cultural approach. Starting from a big-picture map (including the annotation of how much it has grown is fab) and then working out to a sim or region gives a sense of "place" to it. Then you can talk about one or a few sims and the nature of how we avatars interact with the world and the people in it, our projects, etc.
Thanks for this!
Chimera Cosmos
Posted by: Liz Dorland (Chimera Cosmos) | Thursday, January 08, 2009 at 10:34 AM
It would be most interesting to see versions of this map as of January 2009 and just after July 2009 to compare and see if there is a noticeable difference.
Posted by: Salazar Jack | Friday, January 09, 2009 at 03:24 PM
I mean... because of the OpenSpace transition.
Posted by: Salazar Jack | Friday, January 09, 2009 at 03:29 PM
OUTSTANDING!! This is great...and to try and avoid being flamed!! A zoom in feature would be cool. But, I can't even fathom that possibility. :)
Posted by: Gary Kohime | Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 02:27 AM
Well Salazar, I used good old fashioned screen grab technology to capture a view of the grid on Xmas day 2008 - that could serve as your before shot:
http://xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=1097021
Posted by: Valentina Kendal | Monday, January 12, 2009 at 05:45 PM