Danish Government Places ENTIRE Country on Minecraft to Assist Teachers

Geography lessons are virtualized: Danish government creates Minecraft version of ENTIRE country to assist teachers

Entire country was recreated by the mapping department of the government.

Teachers can also utilize the Minecraft lesson plans to make education more accessible.

Published at 18:06 EDT on 25 April 2014. Updated at 19:01 EDT on 25 April 2014.

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The Danish government has recreated the entire country in the popular computer game Minecraft.

The first country to be fully integrated into the massive Minecraft games The government hopes that it will make lessons more fun for students.

It has even created a series of lesson plans for teachers to guide them through the virtual version of their country.

The Ministry of the Environment in Denmark has created a Minecraft model of Denmark for players to explore.

The model for download is comprised of 4,000 billion blocks and requires one terabyte of storage space.
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They can then explore various terrains, including forests and caves.

Players can also fly in the air for an aerial view of the scenery.

To build cities and towns, players are given blocks and tools.

As players advance, they can earn advanced tools and building blocks made of different materials.

The game was originally developed for the PC but now there are Xbox 360 and mobile versions available.

The model is made up of around 4000 billion bricks. It will take approximately 1TB (1000 gigabytes) to download the entire country.

"We''ve built Denmark online in Minecraft to allow young people can plant their own forest, establish riding school, a lake wind turbine, biogas plant and more , said Kirsten Brosbol, Danish Minister for the Environment.

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''The imagination is the only the limit.

"This is our method to make a connection between the digital and natural world."

It was founded by Simon Kokkendorf, Thor Bjorn Nielsen and Geodatastyrelsen (the Danish mapping arm of the government),

They used publically available data about the country including elevation models and information about roads and buildings and then ''transliterated'' it into Minecraft''s distinctive bricks.

The navigation system was developed by the couple so that visitors can find their own neighborhood within the model.

They will also have the opportunity to observe the beauty of nature and landscapes in their natural habitat.

The Agency said that you can "go for a stroll" in the countryside of Denmark. You can also view any area in Denmark in roughly the same way as Google Street View.

Orestad school in Copenhagen has been testing the system for teaching students maths and geography.

Katrin Kristensen, a teacher at Orestad school, said that in the past teachers would lay out the map of Denmark in the classroom and let the students write down the names of the various regions.

Future Danish schoolchildren and others will be able to record their experiences with game the animals and plants they''ve observed in nature.

"Now" Denmark is available right there on children''s computers or tablets, advancing the idea of using digital tools in the classroom.

We have already had good experiences using Minecraft in maths teaching, for example.

We will be able to stimulate learning even more with the''real Denmark" now available as an online game called Minecraft World.

''Pupils think it is much more enjoyable when they''re working with their own house street, their own home and other such things.''

However the developers have made a modification to the game - removing the ability to use dynamite to blow up areas.