New South Wales’ digital twin will undergo extensive work over the next 12 months to bring to life its next set of features, with the state government to enlist the help of a third-party delivery partner to build out the platform. But with funding provided by the former Coalition government to deliver a 4D model of the state expected to dry up by the middle of next year, the department in charge will likely have to return for extra funds at a time of severe budgetary pressures. New South Wales has been developing its Spatial Digital Twin (SDT) with the assistance of CSIRO’s Data61 since 2018 to provide a virtual representation of buildings and utilities, strata plans, terrain and property boundaries. The proof-of-concept (PoC) debuted with eight local government areas in early 2020 and has since expanded to others areas, including Bathurst as part of a broader program of worked called Live.NSW.
