Switzerland recreated block by block at 1:1 scale
The gist
Manifold built a Minecraft Switzerland where 1 block equals 1 meter, from swisstopo open data.
The full 24 GB country costs 15 CHF, with a free Jungfrau-Aletsch excerpt to try first.
How it unfolded
- Oct 19, 2026An early access version of the full Switzerland package is dated Oct. 19, 2026.
- Oct 26, 2026The Manifold3D page 'Switzerland. Block by block. At 1:1 scale' is posted to Hacker News, with submissions showing a handful of points and no comments.
- Oct 26, 2026LavX News publishes an article on the 1:1 scale Minecraft world of Switzerland, and a DEV Community post describes the page as a visual project at 1:1 scale.