Minecraft adds Ordnance Survey Great Britain terrain data

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24177844

by refrigerator • 13 years ago

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Poor article from the BBC. Minecraft has not added the data to the game, a third party created the world. Here is a link to the third party blog post that talks more about the world and contains a download: http://blog.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/2013/09/minecraft-creating-... http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/innovate/developers/minecraf...

refrigerator• 13 years ago

Ah right, thanks for pointing that out :)

teh_klev• 13 years ago

Fairly typical of BBC News articles these days unfortunately - regardless of whether it's TV or online reporting.

PhasmaFelis• 13 years ago

Hmm, have the height limitations been removed? I know at one point Minecraft worlds were technically infinite horizontally but limited to...256? 512? meters vertically, from bedrock to skybox, which is obviously not enough for most real-world terrain. I haven't played in ages, though.

I saw a video from one modder who managed to, not remove, but rotate the height limitation, producing a cavern world that was 256 meters wide and infinitely long and deep. He tweaked the terrain generator to accomodate it, too; there was no surface, just uncountable miles of vast tunnels. It was creepy.

russellsprouts• 13 years ago

The height limit is still 256, I believe. There is a mod that uses cubic chunk loading to avoid this.

Bpat• 13 years ago

I'm 99% sure it is no longer limited. Notch and Co. added some code so that it can dynamically increase the height in an area allowing for taller builds.

alsothings• 13 years ago

“The raw height data is stored in metres and must be scaled down to fit within the 256 block height limit in Minecraft. A maximum height of 2 500 metres was chosen, which means Ben Nevis, appears just over 128 blocks high.

“Although this exaggerates the real-world height, it preserves low-lying coastal features such as Bournemouth's cliffs, adding interest to the landscape.”

- http://www.pcgamesn.com/minecraft/ordnance-survey-recreate-g...

So they are keeping to the 256 block height, but being slightly creative with the vertical scale...

Minecraft adds Ordnance Survey Great Britain terrain data

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