Digital twins and deep maps

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ID8962053
AuthorsRob Kitchin (0000-0003-4458-7299, Department of Geography Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute Maynooth Ireland, corresponding author), Oliver Dawkins (0000-0002-5294-4375, Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute Maynooth Ireland)
Year2024
Volume50
Issue1
Publication date2024-07-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-2754 • E-ISSN: 1475-5661
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/tran.12699
OpenAlexW4400983321
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited13

Mapping is now thoroughly digital at all stages of production and maps are widely used in digital form. This digital turn has transformed the nature of mapping and maps. Maps need no longer be static representations, but rather constitute spatial media, providing an interactive, dynamic means for creating, discussing, and sharing spatial information and mediating spatial practices. This has included the development of 3D mapping, including nascent digital twins and digital deep maps. In this short paper, we reflect on our attempts to produce a 3D city information model for Dublin that acts as a basic digital twin, which we have also used to explore deep mapping, as well as map projecting data onto a printed 3D map model of the city. We consider what digital twins and deep maps mean for how we understand the nature of mapping, arguing that they produce a dyadic intertwining of map and territory; a literal, material expression of post‐representational, ontogenetic conceptions of mapping

Cartography · Digital mapping · Geography · Remote sensing · Spatial analysis · 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications · 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Geographic Information Systems Studies

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