A Grid Sector is a part of the map. The term is not official, it was inserted by Second Life Geography team. Just like the real world, our virtual world has its own Coordinates that allows us to easy divide it into smaller units. The main difference is that Earth is round, while virtual grids are flat. So, we are on a flat virtual Earth. In this environment, parallels and meridians are not circles, but simple lines that cross the grid and divide it into squares.
Basics[]
Each grid sector is a square composed of 100/100 sims. Their naming is similar to that used to name squares on a chess board. This way, orientation becomes far more easy.
In theory, a grid sector contains 10 000 sims. In practice, usually there is far more void then occupied space. No sector contains more then 45% sims. There are even grid sectors that host only a single sim. And there still are many void sectors (hosting no sim).
Since our world is dynamic, many grid structures are created and deleted over time. So, the interior of a grid sector also changes often.
List[]
This list contains also their Coordinates:
- Grid Sector C3, 300-399/300-399, South - West Ocean
- Grid Sector C15, 300-399/1500-1599, Tranquillity Ocean
- Grid Sector D3, 400-499/300-399, South - West Ocean
- Grid Sector D4, 400-499/400-499, South - West Ocean
- Grid Sector D6, 400-499/600-699, South - West Ocean
- Grid Sector D7, 400-499/700-799, South - West Ocean
- Grid Sector D10, 400-499/1000-1099, Far Western Ocean
- Grid Sector D11, 400-499/1100-1199, Far North - West Ocean
- Grid Sector D12, 400-499/1200-1299, Far North - West Ocean
- Grid Sector D13, 400-499/1300-1399, Far North - West Ocean
- Grid Sector D14, 400-499/1400-1499, Far North - West Ocean
- Grid Sector D15, 400-499/1500-1599, Tranquillity Ocean
- Grid Sector D16, 400-499/1600-1699, Tranquillity Ocean
- Grid Sector D17, 400-499/1700-1799, Tranquillity Ocean
- Grid Sector E1, 500-599/100-199, South - West Ocean
- Grid Sector E5, 500-599/500-599, South - West Ocean
- Grid Sector E7, 500-599/700-799, South - West Ocean
- Grid Sector E8, 500-599/800-899, South - West Ocean
- Grid Sector E9, 500-599/900-999, Far Western Ocean
- Grid Sector E10, 500-599/1000-1099, Far Western Ocean
- Grid Sector E11, 500-599/1100-1199, Far North - West Ocean
- Grid Sector E12, 500-599/1200-1299, Far North - West Ocean
- Grid Sector E13, 500-599/1300-1399, Far North - West Ocean
- Grid Sector E14, 500-599/1400-1499, Far North - West Ocean
- Grid Sector E15, 500-599/1500-1599, Tranquillity Ocean
- Grid Sector E16, 500-599/1600-1699, Tranquillity Ocean
- Grid Sector E19, 500-599/1900-1999, Tranquillity Ocean
- Grid Sector F8, 600-699/800-899, South - West Ocean
- Grid Sector F9, 600-699/900-999, Far Western Ocean
- Grid Sector F10, 600-699/1000-1099, Far Western Ocean
- Grid Sector F11, 600-699/1100-1199, Far North - West Ocean
- Grid Sector F12, 600-699/1200-1299, Far North - West Ocean
- Grid Sector F13, 600-699/1300-1399, Far North - West Ocean
- Grid Sector F14, 600-699/1400-1499, Far North - West Ocean
- Grid Sector F20, 600-699/2000-2099, Tranquillity Ocean
- Grid Sector G7, 700-799/700-799, Southern Ocean
- Grid Sector G8, 700-799/800-899, Southern Ocean
- Grid Sector G9, 700-799/900-999, Western Ocean
- Grid Sector G10, 700-799/1000-1099, Western Ocean
- Grid Sector G11, 700-799/1100-1199, North - West Ocean
- Grid Sector G12, 700-799/1200-1299, North - West Ocean
- Grid Sector G13, 700-799/1300-1399, North - West Ocean
- Grid Sector G14, 700-799/1400-1499, North - West Ocean
- Grid Sector G20, 700-799/2000-2099, Tranquillity Ocean
- Grid Sector H8, 800-/899-899, Southern Ocean
- Grid Sector H9, 800-899/900-999, Western Ocean
- Grid Sector H10, 800-899/1000-1099, Western Ocean
- Grid Sector H11, 800-899/1100-1199, North - West Ocean
- Grid Sector H12, 800-899/1200-1299, North - West Ocean
- Grid Sector H13, 800-899/1300-1399, North - West Ocean
- Grid Sector H14, 800-899/1400-1499, North - West Ocean
- Grid Sector I6, 900-999/600-699, Southern Ocean
- Grid Sector I7, 900-999/700-799, Southern Ocean
- Grid Sector I8, 900-999/800-899, Southern Ocean
- Grid Sector I9, 900-999/900-999, Little Pacific Ocean
- Grid Sector I10, 900-999/1000-1099, Little Pacific Ocean
- Grid Sector I11, 900-999/1100-1199, Northern Ocean
- Grid Sector I12, 900-999/1200-1299, Northern Ocean
- Grid Sector I13, 900-999/1300-1399, Northern Ocean
- Grid Sector I14, 900-999/1400-1499, Northern Ocean
- Grid Sector J4, 1000-999/400-499, South - East Ocean
- Grid Sector J5, 1000-999/500-599, South - East Ocean
- Grid Sector J7, 1000-999/700-799, South - East Ocean
- Grid Sector J8, 1000-1099/800-899, South - East Ocean
- Grid Sector J9, 1000-1099/900-999, Little Pacific Ocean, Central Ocean, South - East Ocean
- Grid Sector J10, 1000-1099/1000-1099, Central Ocean
- Grid Sector J11, 1000-1099/1100-1199, Northern Ocean
- Grid Sector J12, 1000-1099/1200-1299, Northern Ocean
- Grid Sector J13, 1000-1099/1300-1399, Northern Ocean
- Grid Sector J14, 1000-1099/1400-1499, Northern Ocean
- Grid Sector K9, 1100-1199/900-999, South - East Ocean
- Grid Sector K10, 1100-1199/1000-1099, South - East Ocean
- Grid Sector K11, 1100-1199/1100-1199, Northern Ocean
- Grid Sector K12, 1100-1199/1200-1299, Northern Ocean
- Grid Sector K13, 1100-1199/1300-1399, Northern Ocean
- Grid Sector K14, 1100-1199/1400-1499, Northern Ocean
- Grid Sector L6, 1200-1299/600-699, South - East Ocean
- Grid Sector L7, 1200-1299/700-799, South - East Ocean
- Grid Sector L9, 1200-1299/900-999, South - East Ocean
- Grid Sector L10, 1200-1299/1000-1099, South - East Ocean
- Grid Sector L11, 1200-1299/1100-1199, Eastern Ocean
- Grid Sector L12, 1200-1299/1200-1299, Eastern Ocean
- Grid Sector L13, 1200-1299/1300-1399, Eastern Ocean
- Grid Sector M10, 1300-1399/1000-1099, South - East Ocean
- Grid Sector M11, 1300-1399/1100-1199, Eastern Ocean
- Grid Sector M12, 1300-1399/1200-1299, Eastern Ocean
- Grid Sector M13, 1300-1399/1300-1399, Eastern Ocean
- Grid Sector Q11, 1700-1799/1100-1199, Zindra Ocean
- Grid Sector Q12, 1700-1799/1200-1299, Zindra Ocean
- Grid Sector R11, 1800-1899/1100-1199, Zindra Ocean
- Grid Sector R12, 1800-1899/1200-1299, Zindra Ocean
Vanished[]
See Vanished Grid Structures and Void Ocean for more details.