Configuration of navigational controls in geometric environment

A computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• an input device for controlling motion of a synthetic camera within a geometric environment;
• an output device for displaying the geometric environment;
• and
• memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory is encoded with instructions, and wherein the instructions when executed on the processor comprise:
• obtaining a plurality of data points incorporated in a data set, the data set being represented in the geometric environment;
• forming a plurality of reference surfaces, the plurality of reference surfaces having different groups of data points of the plurality of data points as their respective vertices;
• forming a plurality of reference lines, each reference line being normal to a corresponding reference surface of the plurality of reference surfaces;
• calculating a geometric fit score based on an extent to which the plurality of reference lines approach a common intersection point with each other;
• calculating a geometric confidence score based on a number of the plurality of reference lines;
• calculating a result of a computational operation on the geometric fit score and the geometric confidence score;
• determining whether the result of the computational operation exceeds a threshold;
• and
• configuring, if the result of the computational operation exceeds the threshold, the input device to a geometric control scheme, wherein the geometric control scheme enables rotation of the synthetic camera about the plurality of data points.