Connecting 3D Models and GIS With Minecraft

by | Feb 26, 2016 | News

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...

Map projections and Minecraft

by | Jan 18, 2016 | News

Reference systems, transformations, geoids and other geodetic stuff – exemplified by Minecraft When representing the real world in a computer game one will face the same problems map-makers have dealt with for centuries! Here is a little technical insight into...

Hale Crater on Mars in Minecraft

by | Sep 28, 2015 | News

With digital terrain models from HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) GeoBoxers created a piece of the Hale Crater in Minecraft. The Hale Crater is one of the places where NASA found evidence that liquid water flows on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL, University...

From point cloud to Minecraft

by | Sep 16, 2015 | News

To demonstrate how point clouds from drones and handheld scanners can be shown in Minecraft worlds, GeoBoxers recently worked with the international engineering company COWI on making a Minecraft model of the old Christian IV’s Brewhouse in Copenhagen, Denmark. The...