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Japanese authorities just dropped a Minecraft map based on actual submarine topographic data, and it lets you explore the seabed from Tokyo Bay to the Mariana Trench

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Submitted ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨sundray@lemmus.org⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-authorities-just-dropped-a-minecraft-map-based-on-actual-submarine-topographic-data-and-it-lets-you-explore-the-seabed-from-tokyo-bay-to-the-mariana-trench/

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  • LostWanderer@fedia.io ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Phenomenal use of Minecraft, as this kind of information is easier to process if you can interact with it.

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    • drcobaltjedi@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah I love seeing governments and researchers do stuff like this. Years ago a country released a 1to1 scale map of their whole country, denmark I think.

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      • LostWanderer@fedia.io ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I remember reading about the Denmark 1 to 1 map, that was pretty badass...Given that Denmark is so small, it was an easy ask to make a Minecraft map!

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    • 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It would have been great if it was released for luanti, an opensource clone.

      Minecraft is a paid game controlled by Microslop and isn’t accessible to all freely.

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      • LostWanderer@fedia.io ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You have to remember that most know about Minecraft more readily than Luanti, so...It makes sense that Minecraft was chosen for this specific map. Hell, general people are more likely to know about Minecraft vs Luanti, so if we want more maps in open source projects...We need to make sure that Luanti becomes a household name like Minecraft to get that treatment.

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  • Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    topographic

    Technically, elevation data of the waterbed of a water body is called bathymetry.

    Still such a cool project though

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  • kirisamemarisa@lemmy.eco.br ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    woah :O

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  • AvocadoCumToast@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    will I get to have intercourse with slimy hentai octopus monsters once I reach the bottom of the pit

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    • lauha@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m sure some modder can arrage for that

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    • nicpicname@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Image

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    • modus@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Rule 42, § 3.2 confirms that yes, you are obligated to receive said services upon completion of your quest.

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  • QueenMidna@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Can we export the same data to Subnautica? Asking for a friend

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  • BillyClark@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Lately, when I read the news, I occasionally get this urge to go build a house at the bottom of the Mariana Trench and just live there. Now I have a straightforward way to scout out a good location.

    I’d say I should go to any old pole of inaccessibility, but I have this sneaking suspicion that whenever I showed up at Point Nemo, for example, I’d find a crowd of people there.

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  • nicpicname@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I can’t believe it! The Japanese Government has done something agreeable!!

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  • diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The Yonaguni Monument

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