I recreated Bulgaria in Minecraft, as part of a fully playable map of Europe I’ve made using satellite data, 1:230 scale.

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  1. Hello guys, after making a map of Italy in Minecraft, I upgraded my computer and I was finally able to expand it to cover the whole Europe, even slightly increasing the total scale. This image shows Bulgaria.

    To make this **fully playable Minecraft map of Europe** I used the program QGIS to analyze and adapt the NASA Elevation data, GEBCO Bathymetry data, ESA Land Cover data and WWF HydroSHEDS River data. The layers were then exported and worked on in the program WorldPainter to make the Minecraft world. The whole process took me 1 month, but this was the result of years of researching and mapmaking.

    You can see the full map of Europe [here.](https://i.imgur.com/0AQg20l.jpg)

    [DOWNLOAD of the world in the video description.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyh5xKxOiho)

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    **My map of Europe features:**

    • 25.794 x 16.962 Total map dimension (the scale is 1:230, which means that one Minecraft block is 230 IRL meters, so 4 blocks are roughly one kilometer)

    • Realistic mountains and elevation (using NASA SRTM elevation data)

    • Accurate rivers whose width is scaled to the cumulative flow (eg. smaller rivers have a smaller width, while the Danube and the Rhine have the largest, source: WWF HydroSHEDS)

    • Precise Sea Depth (following 2020 GEBCO bathymetry data)

    • Natural Biomes and Land Covers (using satellite-derived 2018 ESA Land cover data)

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    **Frequently Asked Questions:**

    • Is it possible to make the whole world? – Yes but my computer is not strong enough to make it.

    • Which version does this map support? – Only the 1.12.2 or lower versions since they have recently changed the world generator making WorldPainter not totally compatible with newer versions. To use the map in newer versions it has to be generated first with 1.12.2

    • Where is the download link and how big is the file? – The download link is in the video description and the compressed .zip file is 1.76GB big.

    • The .zip file asks me for a password, what is it? – It is “fra267youtube” without the commas, I set it for creator attribution purposes.

    • Can I make a server using your map? – Yes, but I would like to be informed about it if it’s a commercial server.

    • Does the map includes forests too? I cannot see them in the preview. – Yes, the image was exported using the program Unmined with no chunk loaded, the forests are generated in-game after loading the chunks.

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    If you want to support me and my work, here there are a few links.

    [My Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/fra267)

    [Streamlabs Donations](https://streamlabs.com/fra267)

  5. Interesting. Is it possible to export from the game to a file suitable for 3D printing – for example export to Autodesk Inventor and then import to Cura or some other software? It’d be really nice to print a scaled version for a children’s geography / topography class for example!

  10. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve sat down to enjoy some Minecraft, but just couldn’t get into it because it wasn’t enough like my favorite Balkan Republic, Bulgaria.

    *Finally*.

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    ^Seriously ^though, ^incredible ^work ^OP. ^Extremely ^impressive.

  12. Question: If you had other layers of data from a GIS system (i.e. PostGIS), how would you layer that in a map like that? For example – minerals, soil, cities etc.

  19. hey i am actually making super realistic map of Sofia (the capital) do you think we can do something together?

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