What started out as a fun project in support of kids at an annual Hackathon event quickly turned into a real-world test bed for an upcoming cloud-based open data portal rollout – and changed the way they work. As an unabashed geonerd, I’ve greatly enjoyed writing about the emergence of spatial-to-Minecraft projects over the last few years. I’ll admit that the “what’s it good for?” of it was a bit of a head scratcher at first, though the coolness factor was never in question.
Public outreach, education, and youth engagement have been prominent themes so far. And when two of my favorite early spatial-to-Minecrafters got their heads together recently, what emerged covered not only those topics, but an actual business case too.
To be more exact, what started out as a feel-good project with a focus on kids turned into a real-world reusable test bed for Kartverket’s (the Norwegian National Mapping Agency) upcoming rollout of a cloud-based Open Data portal.
And it all started with a Hackathon.
You know, for kids! *
The kids headed straight for their hometowns.This annual event, hosted this year by Kartverket at their location in H
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