2026-09-01 –, Conference Management Room5
Think of a map as an artistic still life. Our framing often excludes items just out of view. Being completely factual is not the same as being factually complete.
Let’s learn skills to enhance our digital stories from 3D environments. New perspectives lead to improved perception.
Instead of simply focusing on Euclidean geometry when comparing polygons represented as urban forms, let's explore urban form and the impact of the built infrastructure in defining persistent barriers across the built infrastructure.
'As the crow flies' measures don’t move anyone closer to a bus stop or a market when blocked by a parking lot, building or highway.
Cinematic stories guide us through the steps for formulating data questions that bring social demographic datasets into play within 3D environments in Blender, Cesium, Unreal Engine and QGIS. The contextual conversation around environment, culture, and sociopolitical issues.
The compassion — the “why we should care” layer of geospatial.
Although not required prior to attending session, these are resources that I used to become proficient in 3D GIS.
Cesium has a nice gallery of projects -- https://sandcastle.cesium.com
Open Geospatial Solutions -- https://www.youtube.com/@giswqs
Tutorials on open source GIS -- https://www.youtube.com/@HansvanderKwast
Spatial Thoughts -- https://www.youtube.com/@SpatialThoughts
Blender, Cesium Ion, Unreal Engine, QGIS, CesiumJS, Postgres
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Bonny is a dynamic quantitative storyteller facilitating narratives at the intersection of geospatial data science, climate and sustainability.
Highlighting place and location as memory, audiences explore our interactions with ecosystems revealing that what appears completely factual is often, not factually complete. Recognized as a leading voice in thinking beyond words to illuminate climate science and the human impact on our planetary boundaries, Bonny describes storytelling as where perception and truth create friction. Her expertise transforms raw data into compelling narratives that drive impactful decision-making.