Digital Earth: The next paradigm

Abstract

Digital Earth technologies [1] collate rich information about the physical world around us from sensors to create digital twins. Digital Twins integrate multi-dimensional geometric representations, internet of things, artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics. Graph based digital threads trace all lifecycle transactions and associations to ensure the integrity of this cyber-physical coupling. Through metaphors such as virtual globes we can apply this framework to build a deeper and more collaborative understanding of the complex dynamic interactions in our physical world and what bearing these may have on our wellbeing.