Danish Geodata Agency
Geodatastyrelsen | |
Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities | |
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The Danish Geodata Agency (GST) (
The overall goal of Geodatastyrelsen is to supply and ensure that everyone in the Danish society has access to reliable and accurate maps and information on all parts of the Realm.
Until 31 December 2004, KMS was a
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History
KMS was officially formed on 1 January 1989 by combining
On 1 January 2013, the agency changed its name to Danish Geodata Agency.
In 2014, the Danish government (through the GST) launched a full 1:1 recreation of the country of Denmark in Minecraft. The game map was based on real, official measurements made public by the Danish Geodata Agency. The reason was to "use the appeal of gaming to draw the public’s attention to geographical data" and an "invitation to teachers and schools to use the data in geography, math, science and history lessons". This, of course, drew attention of cyber vandals who attacked the server by blowing up areas of the map, destroying buildings and planting American flags. It is unclear exactly why.
Chris Hammeken, chief press officer at the Danish Geodata Agency, responded with "Minecraft is about building and rebuilding. [...] Only a minor area was destroyed. [...] It was the players who cleaned up the damage, replacing it with green grass and flowers the following morning." Regardless of the attacks ‒ which have since been fixed ‒ the replica appears to have been a success. On 1 January 2016, the Agency changed into the Agency for Data Supply and Efficiency, and links in English regarding “Denmark in Minecraft” were removed, although individual sections could still be downloaded elsewhere.[2][3][4][5][6]
See also
References
- ^ "Forside". gst.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ^ "To Teach and Delight, Denmark Recreates Itself in Minecraft". Bloomberg.com. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ^ "Denmark writes Minecraft map world history with official map data". SiliconANGLE. 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ^ "Denmark Has Been Invaded! (In Minecraft)". HuffPost UK. 2014-05-07. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ^ "Minecraft: Denmark replica disrupted by 'cyber vandals'". BBC News. 2014-05-07. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ^ Countries with Official Minecraft Servers & Maps, retrieved 2022-02-23
External links
- General information on the "basic data programme" Danish Geodata Agency (Official Homepage)