Northern Ireland's government recreates its country in Minecraft

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Northern Ireland's government, in an attempt to simultaneously seem hip and educational, has recreated its region in Minecraft.
Finance minister Arlene Foster commissioned this project as a free download for PC and Mac versions of Mojang's popular construction game.
True to scale, this educational mod was developed using Land & Property Service's Ordnance Survey NI (OSNI) digital mapping data. Comprised of more than 5B blocks representing 12.5 square metres each, this mod spans across nearly 14,000 square kilometers.
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