J.R.R. Tolkien might have imagined it, but it took Danish programmers for us to see it from space. It’s called The Middle-Earth DEM Project and will have fantasy nerds walking their way from the Shire to Mordor in no time.

The project renders Middle Earth on a planetary scale using a terrain modeler called Outerra. The project is still in development, with some places like Mordor modeled as a desert instead of a lava spewing death valley. Eventually developers want to have the project so detailed that you can delve the mines of Moria, screaming “you shall not pass” to your hearts content.

Check out this demo video:

And this gallery:

[Source : FastCoDesign , YouTube]