Digital twin is a rapidly developing emerging digital information technology.Supported by various technologies such as digitization,digital modeling,visualization,Internet of Things,big data and data mining,and artificial intelligence,it can provide systematic and comprehensive solutions for city construction from top-level design to bottom-level logic,and better solutions for city construction and development.This paper outlines the development history,definition and characteristics of digital twin technology,and introduces the development background,characteristics and problems faced by digital twin cities,and finally discusses the key technologies required for digital twin cities.
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