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Best Land Website – Mappa Novus 

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Written by SL Hak   
Saturday, 03 May 2008

www.mappanovus.com

By SL Hak

There has been some controversy over my selection for the Second Life “Best Blog” -   the recommendation has been criticized but no alternative suggestions made. If you disagree with the selections please indicate what you consider the best, these will be considered for future releases and will allow SL Reports readers to judge for themselves.

There are a number of websites addressing land sales in Second Life, one stands out as head and shoulders above all others. Mappa Novus is a website dedicated to making purchasing land a more pleasurable experience. It currently adds functionality to that currently offered by the Second Life land sales and search. It isn't perfect and having to pay for a subscription isn't ideal for the occasional trader. Don't let this deter you as there is also a free land search tool, which offers sufficient search criteria to appreciate the potential of Mappa Novus. Use the Region, seller and keyword search functions and the even the free search tool becomes an impressive ally.



It is also good to see Linden Labs issuing a video tutorial on the complexities of land in Second Life. The tutorials are basic and aimed at the newbie. /

If you're new to Second Life or confused about a certain aspect of land in Second Life this is the perfect reference guide for you. The Guide includes the following topics:

Basics

00:07 - What is land in Second Life?
01:43 - Regions, parcels, & prim limits
04:23 - Premium accounts & land ownership
04:56 - Searching for land
05:14 - Different kinds of land for sale
05:34 - Differences between Mainland & Estates
10:00 - Increasing your knowledge of what land to buy
10:33 - Teleporting to land you’re interested in
11:09 - About Land basics
12:33 - A few words of advice…

Land use introduction

00:36 - What are allowed land holdings?
00:54 - Managing land use on SECONDLIFE.COM

Region & parcel prim limits

00:13 - What are prim limits?
01:18 - A note about “primfficiency”
02:06 - Shared parcel prim limits within a region
03:13 - Abandon Land demo

Selling parcels

01:05 - Setting land sale options
02:47 - Selling objects with your land
04:53 - Selling land to a specific buyer

Buying parcels (as a Premium account)

01:34 - Sharing where land for sale is
03:28 - Buying a parcel
06:12 - Buying a parcel (above your land holdings)

Buying parcels (as a Basic account)

02:19 - Updating billing info on SECONDLIFE.COM
03:21 - After upgrading to a Premium account

About Land options

00:22 - All about About Land
00:40 - About Land > General tab
01:07 - Showing your parcel in Search
01:40 - Don’t abandon your land!
02:23 - The controversy with parcel traffic
03:36 - About Land > Covenant tab
03:49 - About Land > Objects tab
05:53 - Using object return
08:46 - About Land > Options tab
10:54 - Restricting object creation & entry
13:02 - Restricting running scripts
16:23 - Safe vs. damage-enabled land
17:24 - Restricting push scripts
19:52 - Changing your parcel’s picture
20:17 - Landing Point & Teleport Routing
22:42 - About Land > Media tab (covered in other tutorials)
23:04 - About Land > Access tab (also covered in another tutorial)

Parcel access controls

00:17 - Freezing & banning unwelcome avatars
02:41 - Info about ban lines
03:24 - Restricted parcel access options
03:41 - The weirdness that is “Sell passes”
05:23 - Restricting access by payment info
06:13 - Restricting access by age verification
07:05 - Restricting access to a specific group
07:34 - Recap!

Property Lines & Land Owners

00:37 - What do different colors mean?
01:58 - One more thing…

Joining & subdividing parcels

00:20 - How do you know which land is yours?
01:02 - Splitting a parcel
02:45 - Joining parcels
04:16 - Joining parcels (advanced usage)
05:53 - Workaround for underwater land selections
06:43 - Can non-contiguous land be the same parcel?

Terraforming

00:05 - What is terraforming?
00:58 - Terrain tools
04:58 - “Apply to selection” makes terraforming faster!
05:49 - Terraform range limits
08:11 - Terraforming an entire parcel
08:48 - Terrain-related Estate controls
09:05 - Customizing a region’s ground textures
12:20 - More about texture elevation ranges
13:55 - Region/Estate > Terrain tab
17:01 - Explore options to beautify your land

If you have any news about land companies trading in Second Life please IM or contact Hak on This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

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