Digital twins for all of Sweden
Visual City Platform is a new groundbreaking major initiative in digital twinning of cities, launched by Visual Sweden.
The project is based on the successful Simstad project, where researchers at Linköping University developed a neural network to create a digital twin of Norrköping. The purpose of the Visual City Platform is to provide Sweden’s cities with LiU researchers’ expertise in visualization and image analysis, as well as a variety of data and methods, so that the cities can then independently create their own digital twins. This can ultimately have a number of positive effects for both society and business. A central part of the project is the use of AI-based methods, through deep neural networks, synthesis and image analysis. This makes the end result stronger and allows some parts of the process to be automated, such as mapping and 3D reconstruction. The work of the Visual Sweden City Platform could play a crucial role in the development of smart and sustainable cities in Sweden. The project runs from 2024-2026 and is funded by FORMAS and Smart built environment, in collaboration with Linköping University and Visual Sweden. Other partners are Maxar, VTI and the municipalities of Malmö, Norrköping and Linköping.
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