Since the US government opened its troves of public data we've seen some pretty neat projects like climate-change prediction tools and deforestation-monitoring systems. Denmark however, on the other however, has adopted a different approach: the Danish Geodata Agency used internally developed topographic maps and elevation models to create an exact representation of the happiest country within Minecraft's tiny limits. Xajwm's Blog The pixels-heavy Denmark is different from the virtual Great Britain that we've seen before, is more than natural features such as forests and hills. Ars Technica discovered that it also contains exact replicas of major highways and landmarks. The project was designed to show off the country's open-data initiative to teachers and students however anyone is able to take a gander until the Danish government's game servers shut down in the late of October. However, the rules for servers have been able to disable enemies and TNT -- no Creeps allowed Naturally. The Only Way To Get Smarter Is By Playing A Smarter Opponent
