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McNum · Apr 24, 2014

The Danish Geodata Agency has mapped out all of Denmark for Minecraft and released it to the public. Yes, all of it. In a 1:1 scale.

I haven't been able to find any articles in English about it, but for those who can read Danish, here's one and another. You'll need to be able to speak Danish to join the server, and TNT blocks have been disabled. The individual map segments are available from here, but I think you need to be a Danish citizen to access the files.

Still, this is both awesome and silly. But I can see this being somewhat useful for getting kids/young teens to be interested in geography, so it may have some educational purpose.

So, yeah. This actually happened.

Sendou · Apr 24, 2014

Danish tax money well used.

Honestly though this is pretty darn cool.

Salsa · Apr 24, 2014

you'd think they'd have more important stuff to do

I know they didn't make it

SolsticeZero · Apr 24, 2014

That's pretty damn cool

Macka · Apr 24, 2014

The rest of the world needs to follow Denmark's glorious lead.

Zeouterlimits · Apr 24, 2014

McNum said:
... TNT blocks have been disabled.

Of course they have.

That's great.

DECK'ARD · Apr 24, 2014

Denmark bringing the Lego

GulAtiCa · Apr 24, 2014

That's impressive. How long would that have taken?

benny_a · Apr 24, 2014

I'm checking out my old neighborhood where I used to live. Cool shit.

McNum · Apr 24, 2014

SalsaShark said:
you'd think they'd have more important stuff to do

I know they didn't make it

From what I understand of it, they did actually make it. Just not by hand. But when you have the geographical and topological data for an entire country and find out that, yes, it CAN be converted to something Minecraft can import... then why not go for it?

MicH · Apr 24, 2014

This is pretty cool (as a Dane). Only two people worked on this? Woah, it is so detailed!

arhra · Apr 24, 2014

Macka said:
The rest of the world needs to follow Denmark's glorious lead.

The Ordnance Survey released a version of Great Britain last September. That was 1:50 scale rather than 1:1, though, as it used their publicly-available dataset, which only has elevation data at 50m resolution.

Legendarybeepa · Apr 24, 2014

That is fantastic. I demand the UK government get cracking on their own version!

IISANDERII · Apr 24, 2014

Sucks without the hot Dane women. Future update perhaps?

Majine · Apr 24, 2014

You can't tell the difference. That's how Denmark looks in real life.

For the audio just shove a potato in your mouth and speak.

KHlover · Apr 24, 2014

Your tax dollars at work

UtterlyPerplexed · Apr 24, 2014

Your turn, Russia.

adamantypants · Apr 24, 2014

Holy shit

Tokieda · Apr 24, 2014

I've never really played Minecraft (only watched others play it), but as a Dane, this makes me want to try it out.

It's pretty crazy how this game has evolved since the early stages.

JayEH · Apr 24, 2014

From the cradle to the grave. Oh wait, wrong country.

Odrion · Apr 24, 2014

IISANDERII said:
Sucks without the hot Dane women. Future update perhaps?

There is a maid mod.

...And a monster dating mod.

Juicy Bob · Apr 24, 2014

Majine · Apr 24, 2014

Juicy Bob said:
HOW

Well, in the "recreating a country-game", Denmark would be the tutorial stage. Very flat, very small.

valkillmore · Apr 24, 2014

KHlover said:
Your tax dollars at work

Lol how do we know they didn't get two 10 year olds to do it for free (and a great entry on their future resume.)

If I'm ignorant of the facts, point it out angrily lol

Kiriku · Apr 24, 2014

Weird that Sweden didn't do it first, with it being a Swedish game and all. In any case, very impressive!

RoKKeR · Apr 24, 2014

Why exactly is the government doing this?

Either way, pretty crazy.

BosSin · Apr 24, 2014

Meh, seems pretty crappy to me

valkillmore · Apr 24, 2014

Kiriku said:
Weird that Sweden didn't do it first, with it being a Swedish game and all. In any case, very impressive!

Had the same thought. Perhaps they will now!

Hollycat · Apr 24, 2014

1:1, so like, you can go up to peoples homes? If so, this may be the most impressive thing anyone has ever done in a video game.

McNum · Apr 24, 2014

Juicy Bob said:
HOW

1. Be the National Geodata Agency
2. Have all the geographical data of Denmark
3. Convert into Minecraft world
4. Add details

Step 1 and 2 are the really important ones.

RoKKeR said:
Why exactly is the government doing this?

Either way, pretty crazy.

Education, it seems. Allowing children who couldn't give a crap about geography to explore it in a way that they're both familiar with and enjoy doing for fun anyway.

If that actually pays off, it's money well spent.

Hypoallergenic Chie said:
1:1, so like, you can go up to peoples homes? If so, this may be the most impressive thing anyone has ever done in a video game.

Yes, with a but. You own home might not be built unless is a well known building. But, well, it's Minecraft... So it's not like "My house is missing!" is a problem that can't be solved.

Kimppis · Apr 24, 2014

UtterlyPerplexed said:
Your turn, Russia.

Crimea DLC is now available!

Seriously though, my stance on the issue is neutral. Not to mention that over 50% of the population there are Russian speaking and the area is now de facto part of Russia anyway, no matter what anything thinks about it. But enough of that.

These kind of news make make Minecraft look more and more interesting. Maybe I'll give it a go once the Vita version comes out.

Juicy Bob · Apr 24, 2014

McNum said:
1. Be the National Geodata Agency
2. Have all the geographical data of Denmark
3. Convert into Minecraft world
4. Add details

Step 1 and 2 are the really important ones.

So they used a program to 'translate' geographical data into Minecraft data, or something? That would make sense.

nampad · Apr 24, 2014

Cool but it sucks that they don't have a server for non Danish speakers and you have to be Danish to download the levels.

McNum · Apr 24, 2014

Juicy Bob said:
So they used a program to 'translate' geographical data into Minecraft data, or something? That would make sense.

Pretty much.

Since Minecraft blocks apparently are one square meter, it becomes fairly trivial to map out a real world map on it once you get a conversion tool running, I'd imagine. Then you need to detail it so it looks right. Like that "Møns Klint" area in the video is known for having bright sand on the side of the drop, so they'd have to go make sure it has that, same with the road and street layouts in cities and so on.

Kiru · Apr 24, 2014

Imagine all other countries following suit. The whole world realized in Minecraft, in 1:1 scale.

Randdalf · Apr 24, 2014

Kiru said:
Imagine all other countries following suit. The whole world realized in Minecraft, in 1:1 scale.

Any such interpretations would be limited in wonder by Minecraft's draw distance, sadly.

Omega · Apr 24, 2014

McNum said:
Still, this is both awesome and silly. But I can see this being somewhat useful for getting kids/young teens to be interested in geography, so it may have some educational purpose.

My first thought as well.

Kids love video games. Kids love Minecraft. Why not try to combine that for educational purposes?

Back in my day we had stupid shit like Leap Frog.

Snytbaggen · Apr 24, 2014

The players have already made some great improvements

Baron Von Beans · Apr 24, 2014

Kiru said:
Imagine all other countries following suit. The whole world realized in Minecraft, in 1:1 scale.

I've never played MC, aside from the less than stellar iOS demo. I planned on picking it up for the Vita and PS4 when they drop. But if they did this...recreate the world....man oh man I'd lose a ton of time just exploring everything, everywhere.

Forsete · Apr 24, 2014

Haha, Snytbaggen.. Nice!

McNum · Apr 24, 2014

I'll admit the giant moose is a nice touch.

And who says you need TNT blocks to cause havoc in Minecraft?

sflufan · Apr 24, 2014

UtterlyPerplexed said:
Your turn, Russia.

I'm just going to wait for the Crimea/Eastern Ukraine expansion pack.

Kosma · Apr 24, 2014

Give me back my tax money.

Tusind tak

Graphics Horse · Apr 24, 2014

Let's see what Legoland looks like then.

Snytbaggen said:
The players have already made some great improvements

http://i.imgur.com/qzrvqK6.png

http://i.imgur.com/ATeUZP5.png

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBcJZ3-cJKc

jim-jam bongs · May 1, 2014

Denmark got liberated: http://www.pcgamesn.com/minecraft/breaking-gamers-invade-denmark-devastate-entire-nation

Well that didnt take very long. The above image is the aftermath of an American invasion of Denmark. In Minecraft. Last week, the Danish GeoData Agency created a 1:1 replica of Denmark in Minecraft. The goal was to show what can be done with free geographical data, in the hopes of educating children.

It only took a few days for players to level most of the country and build on top of the rubble. American tanks were also spotted in Copenhagen. Evidence of the unwarranted attack was captured by Redditor RandomDKguy.

Crayons · May 3, 2014

jim-jam bongs said:
Denmark got liberated: http://www.pcgamesn.com/minecraft/breaking-gamers-invade-denmark-devastate-entire-nation

USA USA USA

Riki · May 3, 2014

jim-jam bongs said:
Denmark got liberated: http://www.pcgamesn.com/minecraft/breaking-gamers-invade-denmark-devastate-entire-nation

*hums The Star Spangled Banner*

Hermii · May 3, 2014

I can certainly think of worse government programs than this.

shaowebb · May 10, 2014

This needs a thread title change after this madness. Build an entire country in minecraft then suddenly folks blow it up and plant american flags...sigh

Bedameister · May 10, 2014

This is awesome. But they can do it since Denmark is not really that big.

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