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Canada's Digital Twin - A national open source BIM/GIS platform

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What:
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When:
3:15 PM, Tuesday 29 Oct 2024 (30 minutes)
Where:
Big Four Roadhouse - Theatre 1
Tag:
buildingSMART Canada Annual BIM Summit
Despite the rhetoric surrounding the use of building information modelling (BIM) to enhance collaboration by connecting people and data, the status quo is to work with proprietary solutions and closed file formats, limiting accessibility and interoperability. Additionally, the increasing complexity of projects in the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operations (AECO) industry requires technology that integrates data at a range of scales, from asset to city, and beyond. To address these challenges, the Carleton Immersive Media Studio (CIMS) is researching and prototyping an open-source collaboration platform.

We argue that data should be easily accessible to all project stakeholders and citizens — regardless of their ability to use licensed software. To that end, Canada’s Digital Twin platform, currently under development, is a 100% free and open-source software that enables users to integrate multiscale and multidisciplinary datasets into one scene through a web browser, without needing additional software. The platform can be accessed online from any device that connects to the internet. The platform supports the upload of BIM and geospatial information system (GIS) data, and a variety of media that can be integrated with real-time and open data galleries from sources such as the federal, provincial and municipal government open data galleries, infrastructure providers, and local datasets. Canada’s Digital Twin platform is designed for flexibility and continues to evolve as new technologies become available.

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