2025 CGA Conference: The Geography of Digital Twins & The 2025 Symposium on Spatiotemporal Data Science

The concept of a digital twin—creating an authentic virtual counterpart to a physical entity—has deep roots in human history, across cultures. From ancient analogues like architectural models, astronomical devices, table top battle replicas, and even philosophical paradigms, humans have long sought ways to represent reality in compelling, but controllable, accessible, and insightful forms. Geographic maps themselves can certainly be seen to embody this concept. Today, a confluence of advances in