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Sensor Network Coverage Simulator

Interactive ecological monitoring network simulator: a rare event spawns and spreads at a random location, and sparse ground stations, dense ground stations or a satellite overlay race to detect it — compare time-to-detection and spread radius across trials.

Ecology & Conservation Biology3DModerate60 FPS

Details

CategoryEcology & Conservation Biology

RenderingThree.js · WebGL

DifficultyModerate

Target FPS60

ControlsStation-spacing slider (5-18 m) rebuilds the ground sensor grid and its sensing-radius rings; Satellite overlay toggle adds a full-coverage, delayed-resolution detection path; New event spawns a randomized event and starts a trial; Auto-trials toggle repeats trials automatically; live history and per-density-bucket averages of time-to-detection and spread radius.

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Ground monitoring stations only detect a spreading ecological event once it physically reaches within their fixed sensing radius, so sparse networks leave blind spots where an event can grow large before anyone notices — while dense networks or a satellite overlay catch the same event far sooner. Tune the station spacing, toggle the satellite overlay, and spawn repeated randomized events to compare time-to-detection and spread radius at detection across trials.

⚙ Under the hood

A rare ecological event spawns and spreads at a random spot on the map, and ground monitoring stations only notice it once its growing edge reaches within their fixed sensing radius. Compare time-to-detection and spread radius across trials as you tune station spacing and toggle a full-coverage satellite overlay.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install