Denmark in Minecraft
How to get started...
Download the data
The free Danish geodata for Minecraft can be downloaded in 10240 by 10240 meter blocks from the Map Supply. You have to register as a Map Supply user first, but it’s straightforward – and free. There’s a video here that shows how to register.
If you want to download the whole country, it’s easiest to use our ftp site at ftp://ftp.kortforsyningen.dk/minecraft
Unzip the file
When you’ve downloaded the block you want to use, you’ll have to start by unzipping the file. You can use 7-zip or another zip program.
Here’s an example for a Windows user with 7-zip:
1 The downloaded file is called 240_180.zip. Right click on it and choose 7-zip.
2. Choose “extract to 240_180”. Now you should have a folder called 240_180 that includes level.dat, session.lock and a folder called ”region”. In the region folder are files with the Danish Minecraft geodata.
Open the Danish Minecraft world on your own computer
1. Find the folder where the Danish Minecraft geodata are saved. In Windows, they’ll usually be under C:\Users\<your_username>\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\saves Mac users should be able to find them in ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft. It might be easiest to paste this folder name directly in your finder.
Alternatively, you can find the map through the Minecraft launcher under “Profile Editor”. Click on “Edit Profile”, and then on “Open game dir”.
2. Copy or move the whole unzipped folder (240_180, for example) to the folder “saves”. When you open Minecraft, you should find the world 240_180 under “Singleplayer”.
3. There’s already a default spawn-point for every block. It’s generated automatically, and Minecraft probably won’t accept it as a valid start point. So you’ll have to do a quick conversion, but it’s pretty simple.
The center of the block has an x and z coordinate. You’ll need to convert this to UTM32 (here) or UTM33 (here). The tool is in Danish, but you just need to use MCDK (MineCraft DenmarK) box, which is the second from the top. You can also type the folder name into the box at the bottom of the conversion tool to get the coordinates.
Now, in Minecraft, hit “t” to open a chat window. Type: ”/tp x 200 z”, and in the place of x and z, use the coordinates that you got from the conversion tool above. For the block “240_80”, you’d type “/tp 128000 200 46080”. Then hit enter.
4. Now you should be in the block you downloaded. Some of the blocks have large areas of ocean, and if you’re so lucky to have landed in the middle of the water, you can fly or sail to land. It might help to orient yourself with an overview map, and you can find one at http://gstcraft.dk or make one with Minecraft Overviewer: http://overviewer.org/.
Minecraft Overviewer is an open source program that you can use whether or not you have a Minecraft license. The same is true for MC-Edit, http://www.mcedit.net/, where you can also edit worlds.