Stavanger in Minecraft

Stavanger in Minecraft

The municipality of Stavanger in Norway has just received a hyper detailed model of their city in Minecraft. The model will be used to involve children and young people in the future design of the city. City of Stavanger, Norway – compiled in Minecraft by...

Connecting 3D Models and GIS With Minecraft

This article was originally published in Visualization World Magazine   Making Urban Planning Childs’ Play – Connecting 3D Models and GIS With Minecraft Since 3D city models became feasible as a tool for urban planning some 15 years ago there has been a...

Vibcraft – Viborg in Minecraft

Vibcraft is now real, live and ready to be used in tourism, urban planning, education and for fun! The whole municipality of Viborg in Denmark has been launched in Minecraft. On a basis of open basic data like terrain models and topography, Vibcraft includes real...

3D City Model from Open Data Aarhus Rendered in Minecraft

Open Data and Open Government initiatives have proven to spark innovation and growth in the private sector. Recently Open Data Aarhus released the Aarhus 3D City Model for the world to download. As a quick experiment GeoBoxers have rendered this model as a Minecraft...