# Help figuring out the lay of the land/space

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**Category:** New Citizens Q&A\
**Created:** [March 23, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/help-figuring-out-the-lay-of-the-land-space/227472 "2020-03-23T23:46:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Snookims\_Winslow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/snookims_winslow/32/184270_2.png) [@Snookims\_Winslow](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Snookims_Winslow)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/help-figuring-out-the-lay-of-the-land-space/227472/1 "2020-03-23T23:46:28Z")

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So, I hear a lot about low sec, and I’m just trying to see exactly where that is. When I look at maps at DOTLAN, I don’t see any “low sec” systems outside of the main empire regions. Is that correct? And the LS systems I see in empire seem to all be these small islands of 3-6 LS systems.

So, am I seeing that right? LS is just small islands of a few systems sprinkled in empire space?

Please let me know if I’m missing something.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Shipwreck\_Jones](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/shipwreck_jones/32/274382_2.png) [@Shipwreck\_Jones](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Shipwreck_Jones)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/help-figuring-out-the-lay-of-the-land-space/227472/2 "2020-03-24T00:35:35Z")

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No, there can be lowsec pockets like you see, but it’s more extensive than that.

Try going to the in-game map, make sure “no grouping” is selected (top left icon), and then go to the gear icon-\>geography and statistics-\>sort by security status. Then zoom out a bit. You should see a ring-like structure of orange systems that lies between the blues, greens, and yellows of highsec, and the reds of nullsec.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/3/0/3057da2d2ddfdce09a58da01f9a569925f0695fb.png)

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**Author:** ![Snookims\_Winslow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/snookims_winslow/32/184270_2.png) [@Snookims\_Winslow](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Snookims_Winslow)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 12:38am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/help-figuring-out-the-lay-of-the-land-space/227472/3 "2020-03-24T00:38:25Z")

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OK, I will check that out, thanks!

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**Author:** ![Pierre\_de\_Bricassart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/pierre_de_bricassart/32/386093_2.png) [@Pierre\_de\_Bricassart](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Pierre_de_Bricassart)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/help-figuring-out-the-lay-of-the-land-space/227472/4 "2020-03-24T15:05:42Z")

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E.g. [Aridia](https://evemaps.dotlan.net/map/Aridia#sec) or [Placid](https://evemaps.dotlan.net/map/Placid#sec) is mostly lowsec. There’s some of these regions between high an Null.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/help-figuring-out-the-lay-of-the-land-space/227472/5 "2020-06-22T15:05:47Z")

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