I got the suggestion to add some more details. Map API documentation page http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Map_API
current Map API was released on Jan 15, 2009 Philip's post http://blog.secondlife.com/2009/01/22/improvements-to-mapping-and-upgrade-to-slurlcom/ some excerpts from the wiki page: The map generation process is more scalable than the previous release, and is able to image the entire Second Life grid of about 30,000 regions in less than two days. There is a "decay period" for offline regions. If a region is disabled, the tile will stay up for several days (in case it comes back or something else has gone wrong) before the tile disappears. That several-day period will be longer than the time it takes to update existing regions or put new regions on the map. Map images are updated more accurately and rapidly. Changes to the Second Life Grid or content will now be visible within about two days. Map images look smoother and are more accurate when compared to the actual in-world content. bye opensource obscure _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/SLDev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges