Spatially Intelligent Digital Twin Capabilities and Characteristics
The fundamental principle of a spatially intelligent digital twin lies in its ability to process and interpret spatial relationships between physical assets, infrastructure, and operational systems. A spatially intelligent digital twin utilizes location intelligence, geospatial context, and depending on the use case, may include real-time motion tracking into its framework. Example use cases include smart cities, logistics, energy, manufacturing, and disaster management.
A spatially intelligent digital twin is based on the concept of location. This white paper explores these locational characteristics in the context of its capabilities. It will help organizations:
- Document the capabilities and resulting value streams provided through the ability to visualize, understand, and analyze the locational characteristics of real-world entities and conditions.
- Understand the distinction between different forms of locational representations including geometric (3D models), spatial, and geospatial models.
- Document the key characteristics of locational representations in a digital twin, so that organizations can capture locational characteristics in a consistent, common fashion, thereby enabling digital twin system-to-system integration.
- Capture locational capabilities using the Digital Twin Consortium’s Capabilities Periodic Table (CPT) by understanding how locational capabilities can be described in the context of the CPT.
The white paper can be used by business executives; enterprise, business, and solution architects; system designers, and developers to understand and describe the relevance of location to digital twin capabilities.
The paper was prepared by the Digital Twin Consortium Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operations (AECO) Working Group. The examples provided within the white paper focus on built infrastructure, building, and facility use cases. However, the concepts described within can apply to any digital twin use case, industry, or discipline.
Download the paper below.