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Slightly OT, but the UK national mapping agency has created a minecraft model of the UK [1] (minus Northern Ireland). [1] http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/innov
by andyjohnson0 13y ago
Slightly OT, but the UK national mapping agency has created a minecraft model of the UK [1] (minus Northern Ireland).
[1] http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/innovate/developers/minecraft-map-britain.html http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/innovate/developers/minecraf...
- Angostura 13y agoI got the impression that the Danish model contained actual buildings and features, whereas the OS map of Britain contains just the geographical features.
- Svip 13y agoThe UK map is 1:50, so it cannot really contain buildings. The Danish map is 1:1.
- gadders 13y agoOherwise known as "Great Britain". /pedant
- ColinWright 13y agoFor those who aren't quite clear about this comment, here's an Euler diagram to help explain: http://www.simontaylorsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2000px-British_Isles_Euler_diagram_15-300x243.png http://www.simontaylorsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2...
- andyjohnson0 13y agoI know. I'm British... I used that form of words because, for most readers, the term "Great Britain" isn't well defined, and is often incorrectly taken to denote the same entity as the "The UK". I also don't like the "Great" prefix because it appears aggrandising, even though the derivation [1] disproves that. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain#Derivation_of_.22Great.22 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain#Derivation_of_.22...
- gadders 13y agoFair enough, but there are plenty of people that don't know.