# Second Life Map API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/linden-lab/second-life-map-api/  
**Provider:** Linden Lab — https://apis.io/providers/linden-lab/  
**Base URL:** https://map.secondlife.com  
**Documentation:** https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Linden_Lab_Official:Map_API

Second Life Map API is one of 5 APIs that [Linden Lab](https://apis.io/providers/linden-lab/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Maps, Geospatial, and Embeddable. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an API reference.

Embeds an interactive map of the Second Life world into a web page. A Leaflet-based JavaScript component (SLMap, gotoSLURL, setView) backed by two JSONP capability endpoints on cap.secondlife.com that translate between region names and grid coordinates. Paired with the SLurl deep-link scheme that opens a specific inworld location in the viewer.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Linden_Lab_Official:Map_API_Introduction
- **APIReference** — https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Linden_Lab_Official:Map_API_Reference
- **Components** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/linden-lab/refs/heads/main/components/linden-lab-components.yml

## Other Linden Lab APIs (4)

- [Second Life Live Data Feeds](https://apis.io/apis/linden-lab/second-life-live-data-feeds/)
- [Second Life Name to Agent ID API](https://apis.io/apis/linden-lab/second-life-name-to-agent-id-api/)
- [Second Life Registration API](https://apis.io/apis/linden-lab/second-life-registration-api/)
- [Second Life Marketplace Automatic Notification System](https://apis.io/apis/linden-lab/second-life-marketplace-automatic-notification-system/)

## Tags

Maps, Geospatial, Embeddable

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