{"id":2436102,"date":"2024-07-12T03:36:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T10:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2436102"},"modified":"2024-07-12T06:19:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T13:19:13","slug":"create-a-digital-twin-in-seven-days-with-arcgis","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/3d-gis\/create-a-digital-twin-in-seven-days-with-arcgis","title":{"rendered":"Create a Digital Twin in Seven Days with ArcGIS"},"author":309692,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23771,763492,22841],"tags":[775912,25781,775902,32331],"industry":[],"product":[36571,350942,763482,36581,36551,36561],"class_list":["post-2436102","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-gis","category-indoor-gis","category-local-government","tag-indoorgis","tag-3d","tag-digtial-twin","tag-how-to","product-arcgis-enterprise","product-arcgis-indoors","product-arcgis-ips","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-online","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":359162,"user_firstname":"Holger","user_lastname":"Lipke","nickname":"Holger Lipke","user_nicename":"hlipke","display_name":"Holger Lipke","user_email":"hlipke@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2024-07-12 07:08:00","user_description":"Holger joined the Smart Cities Team in 2021. He contributes to the business development in Europe for 3D related products and especially for ArcGIS Indoors. As a geologist, Holger is very interested in the environment and in his private life enjoys being outdoors more than indoors.","user_avatar":""},{"ID":309692,"user_firstname":"Andreas","user_lastname":"Lippold","nickname":"Andreas Lippold","user_nicename":"alippold","display_name":"Andreas Lippold","user_email":"alippold@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2022-05-09 09:04:34","user_description":"As a lead product manager at Esri, Andreas Lippold is passionate about understanding what customers need in the area of Esri's 3D\/AEC\/Digital Twin products. He's got lots of experience in product management and design thinking-based customer support, especially in the AEC area. Over the last 15 years, he's worked in product management in AEC, 3D and AR\/VR and has 17 years of experience in the geospatial industry.","user_avatar":""}],"short_description":"Creation of a Digital Twin in Seven Days with ArcGIS in Zurich ","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Introduction\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Everyone is talking about digital twins. Esri too. There are different variants of it. One thing is certain, if you want to build a digital twin of a city, you cannot do it without GIS. The <\/span>ArcGIS Geospatial Platform<\/span><\/a> makes it possible to collect and link all existing data and supplement it with real-time data.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Esri is putting together a demo of the digital twin of Zurich. The data was kindly provided by various organizations in Zurich. Once the data is available, this should show how to get started with simple means by quickly achieving good initial results and working towards a holistic, fully functional twin.<\/p>\n

Would you like to join us on our journey? Let’s get started…<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Start simple<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

There are countless conceivable use cases for a digital twin. It always depends on the problem you want to solve. However, you cannot develop a holistic urban twin all at once, so it is advisable to identify a real business case that is important for everyone involved. In Zurich, it was the implementation of the Disability Discrimination Act.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

All public organizations must ensure that people with disabilities are not disadvantaged. One important aspect of this is accessibility in the city, in buildings and on public transport.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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A reality mesh as a gateway to the digital twin<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Regardless of the goals or use cases that a digital twin is intended to serve, most users expect the digital twin to look like the real thing. Twins look alike. Photorealistic data makes orientation easier and is, of course, more visually appealing.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2437142,"id":2437142,"title":"Pic1new","filename":"Pic1new.jpg","filesize":485928,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pic1new.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/3d-gis\/create-a-digital-twin-in-seven-days-with-arcgis\/pic1new","alt":"","author":"359162","description":"","caption":"","name":"pic1new","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2436102,"date":"2024-07-12 07:50:16","modified":"2024-07-12 07:50:16","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1864,"height":908,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pic1new-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pic1new.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":226,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pic1new.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":374,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pic1new.jpg","large-width":1864,"large-height":908,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pic1new-1536x748.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":748,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pic1new.jpg","2048x2048-width":1864,"2048x2048-height":908,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pic1new-826x402.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":402,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pic1new.jpg","wide_image-width":1864,"wide_image-height":908}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Pic. 1:<\/span><\/span><\/span> A <\/span><\/span><\/span>Reality Mesh of Zurich <\/span><\/span><\/span>with the <\/span>BIM<\/span> model of the main station<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

A 3D mesh, a key visual component of a 3D digital twin, can be calculated from drone, aerial and satellite images. In Zurich a high-resolution mesh has been generated from a Wingtra image flight. In combination with building footprints, an immersive view of the city can be created, and individual buildings can be selected and analyzed from the “3D aerial image”. Initial information on height and buildings has already been obtained from the pixels.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This video shows the initial creation of the digital twin:<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"