Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica ›› 2022, Vol. 51 ›› Issue (6): 1040-1049.doi: 10.11947/j.AGCS.2022.20210640

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From real 3D modeling to digital twin modeling

ZHU Qing1, ZHANG Liguo1,2, DING Yulin3, HU Han1, GE Xuming1, LIU Mingwei4, WANG Wei3   

  1. 1. Faculty of Geoscience and Environmental Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 611756, China;
    2. Sichuan-Tibet Railway Co., Ltd., Chengdu 610045, China;
    3. State Key Laboratory of Rail Transit Engineering Informatization(FSDI), Xi'an 710043, China;
    4. Sichuan Visual Smart Map Spatial Information Technology Co., Ltd., Chengdu 610083, China
  • Received:2021-11-22 Revised:2022-02-16 Published:2022-07-02
  • Supported by:
    The National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41941019)

Abstract: From real 3D modeling to digital twin modeling is the basic requirement for the construction and development of the country's digital economy and smart society. This paper discusses the connotations and key technologies of real 3D modeling and digital twin modeling, and introduces three typical application scenarios: digital villages, future communities and intelligent railways. Wide-area real 3D modeling is facing challenges in low-cost and efficient data collection and intelligent automated modeling and dynamic updating. There are still key technical bottlenecks in the integrated expression of all-element holistic representation data and mechanism models for digital twin modeling at the city level or major engineering level. Surveying and mapping technology is in urgent need of multi-disciplinary cross-integration innovation, breakthroughs in organic collaboration between the sky and the ground, real-time and dynamic acquisition of multi-detailed real 3D data, automated intelligent processing of multi-specialty, multi-scale and multi-modal spatio-temporal data, and detailed 3D construction of complex scenes under incomplete data conditions. Core key technologies such as dynamic construction of full-life-cycle digital twin models that combine characterization data and mechanism models to form general geospatial intelligence to achieve high-quality development of surveying and mapping technology and an irreplaceable and more powerful basic support for economic and social development.

Key words: real 3D model, digital twin model, digital China, smart society, general geospatial intelligence

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