BlockMapReal places in Minecraft: guides and explainers
How BlockMap turns a place on the map into a Minecraft world, what the data can and can't give you, and how it compares with the other ways to get a real place into the game. Every article is built on worlds the app really made, filmed in Minecraft.
GuideHow to use Arnis on your phoneThere is no Arnis app for phones. Three ways to play its worlds on Android or iPhone, compared, with Times Square built from the app.
3 November 2026
GuideGoogle Maps to Minecraft: how to turn a real place into a worldGoogle Maps can't be imported, but the same places are in open map data. From a place on the map to a world in Minecraft, step by step.
3 November 2026
How it worksHow a real place becomes a Minecraft worldStreets, buildings, ground, trees and hills: what each open data source adds, shown on Ubud, Bali.
1 November 2026
Places
Places in Minecraft
Landmarks and cities filmed in their BlockMap worlds, with a map, a tour and the search that builds each one.
Video tour · 8 stops · 6 flyoversLondon in MinecraftBuckingham Palace to Tower Bridge, with street flyovers
In the app: search Westminster Bridge
Video tour · 5 stopsThe Titanic in MinecraftThe full-size ship leaving Southampton, with rooms inside
In the app: search Titanic
Video tour · 5 stopsThe Pyramids of Giza in MinecraftThe Great Pyramid, Khafre's pyramid, the Sphinx and the way inside
In the app: search Great Pyramid of Giza
Make your own place in Minecraft
Search any street, school or city. About a minute later it's a world. Your first one is free.
