How is the area of a parcel measured?

If one side of the land is a steep slope (about 12 m high), would this 12 m be counted towards the length/width of the land?

No, I don't believe it is. It appears land is measured only in the horizontal coordinates.

No, it's only measured in two dimensions: the x,y plane.

Hi Crem. Welcome to the forums.

No. Think of it as a bonus slope

Thanks for all the answers. I found a 512 plot (mostly slope) in a nice quiet location and price is reasonable. I have two more questions before I pull the trigger.

1. Is there a way to set the camera to bird eye view? I tried to move around (<alt> + mouse) but couldn't make it look directly downward.

2. How can I find out the vertical boundary of the sim. I.e. the lowest and highest altitude I transform the ground.

Thanks,
Crem

1. You could use the camera controls - if not already on your screen, you can find them in 'view' at the top of the screen. An easier way, I find, is to use alt-click. If you hold the alt key down, click and hold the mouse button down, you can then move the mouse around to get views in all 3D around that point. So for example you could click on your avatar's head with the alt button pressed, and move the mouse to view from above. It's easier if you just have a play around with it, much easier than trying to explain it!

2. The terraforming limits vary from sim to sim. I think most on the maingrid are +/- 4m, though some are +/-20 and 40m.

On estate sims, that limit can be as high as +/-100m - it depends what the estate owner has set it to. Obviously if it's in an estate sim, you can simply ask the owner what the limits are.

For land on the maingrid, I'm not sure how you can find the limits other than just editing the land to check. If you already have land just try editing it. When you first select to edit land, the whole parcel will be selected - click raise land, and keep clicking 'apply to selection' until it will go no higher. Repeat with 'lower land'. When ever you are messing about with land editing, you can always take it back to the 'default' shape by using the 'revert' tool.

This leads to another thing worth noting: The terraforming limits are relative to a 'deafult/mean' height, and when you buy land there is no way of knowing if the land is at that default/mean height or not - it could be already raised to its highest limit, for example.

It's measured on it's Flat X,Y, coordinates, The distance along the X axis between two points Can be Five meters, If one point however is 12 meters Higher than the other, the actual land distance is Much Greater, But LL is ONLY concerned with the measurements on the Flat Plane, The Five meters.

I had for a while a plot of land in Broken, this land amounted to a Steep slope descending into the sea.The actual Horizontal distance between the edge of the property, and the edge of the water was only about 40 meters, But the Steep slope gave me a HUGE land area to build on. By Tailoring my Build to Climb the slope i got a large build in place, and my Only limit was the prims allowable on the Plot.

Steep slope Plots of land have their advantages If you contour your builds.

Angel.