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Ordnance Survey Creates Minecraft Model of Great Britain

Posted by timothy on from the wales-is-not-amused dept.

First time accepted submitter jeremyp writes "Ordnance Survey intern Joseph Braybrook has created a Minecraft World based upon accurate terrain mapping data of Great Britain. The world accurately represents the whole of Great Britain and surrounding islands (but excludes Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands). It maps 224,000 square kilometres of Great Britain and contains 22 billion blocks. Graham Dunlop (Ordnance Survey Innovation Lab Manager) says: 'We think we may have created the largest Minecraft world ever built based on real-world data.' The map can be downloaded from the Ordnance Survey."

4 of 67 comments (clear)

  1. Seems to be a concentration of Creepers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    around Manchester....

  2. Re:How? by Fnord666 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can you give a glimpse at the process this requires? I assume it has to be algorithmic in some way but it's still baffling to me how it's done. What sort of errors happen?

    Absolutely. You can find a good explanation here.

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    'The tyrant will always find pretext for his tyranny.' - Aesop's Fables
  3. Re:What is it with Minecraft that appeals to dulla by Lithdren · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow you're so hip I wonder how you see over your own pelvis.

  4. Re:I made one of Halifax NS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, that's because texas is indeed moderately sizable. Why, it's almost the size of Alberta (6th largest Canadian province)