openjs-foundation
Open Visualization Session Proposal: Google - How we built a lightweight, enterprise-grade geospatial visualization on BigQuery Studio using deck.gl
Proposal
Topic of the session
A talk on the ins-and-outs of building enterprise grade software using deck.gl, and the challenges we overcame, specifically integrating with BigQuery.
Type of the session
- [ ] Collaborate
- [ ] Workshop
- [x] Talk
Estimated duration of the session
30 minutes
Date and Time of the session
Open for discussion
Level
- [x] Beginner
- [ ] Intermediate
- [ ] Advanced
Pre-requisite knowledge
This talk will be beginner friendly–attendees should know a little bit about the Google Maps JavaScript API and the core features of deck.gl, but will provide a base understanding of how to build what we did. A little prior knowledge in geodesics, i.e. great arcs, is helpful.
Describe the session
Google BigQuery, an enterprise-grade SQL analysis engine for big data, includes geospatial query capabilities. To enhance geospatial developer workflows within BigQuery Studio, we recently launched a lightweight geospatial visualization tool directly within the Google Cloud Console. This presentation will explain how deck.gl was employed to visualize BigQuery data, despite BigQuery encoding geodesic, S2, and WKT-encoded geographies, which deck.gl does not natively support.
Session facilitator(s), Github handle(s) and timezone(s)
- Sufyan Abbasi (@sufyanAbbasi) - Googler (Software Engineer) on the Earth Engine team
- Alicia Sullivan - Googler (Product Manager) on the Earth Engine team
Meeting notes and Virtual Meeting Link
Follow-up / Set-up sessions (if any)
Additional context (optional)
Hey @sufyanAbbasi and Alicia, thanks again for your submission! We’ve finalized the agenda and scheduled How we built a lightweight, enterprise-grade geospatial visualization on BigQuery Studio using deck.gl for October 9, 13:00-13:25 PT (25 minutes, typically ~20 min talk + ~5 min Q&A). We’ll follow up with venue access and presentation tech details by email about a week before the summit.
Please take a moment to review your session on the website and let us know if you’d like any edits to the title, abstract, or speaker info. We also have breaks throughout the summit that you can use for extra Q&A or hallway discussions if folks want to dive deeper. Thanks again - we’re excited to have you!
Hi! Sorry for going quiet, thank you very much! We will thoroughly review the site content and make sure that everything looks good. Can you point me to where I can find the abstracts for proofreading? Thank you so much!
Oh apologies, the website doesn't include abstracts. Just the talk title.
Thanks!