1. Step 1 · Pick a site — search an address (fills the coordinates for you) or type a latitude/longitude, give it a name, then click Create simulated site. Saved sites stay in the dropdown so you can come back to them: select one to rename or move it (Save changes), or remove it (Delete site — deleting a promoted site also removes it from the live roster).
2. Step 2 · Place the virtual sensor — the 3D terrain flies to your site. Click Place sensor at site centre, or arm Place by clicking the map and then click anywhere on the terrain to drop the pin. This is the patent Claim-12 “water level detection arrangement”; optionally set a monitoring elevation.
3. Step 3 · Configure & run the real pipeline — choose a forecast horizon (24 h up to 28 days), the error metric that picks the winning model (MAPE / MAE / RMSE) and how much history to train on (10–90 days), then click Run simulation. The exact ARIMA · ETS · RNN bake-off and Kappa-selected hazard classifier used on the live dams run against a rainfall-driven synthetic series generated for your site.
4. Step 4 · Read the results — current vs predicted level, the selected model with its replay error, the hazard level, the forecast fan chart, the model bake-off, predicted-vs-actual holdout replay, the inputs the pipeline consumed, data-quality checks, the inundation slider that animates the water plane across the 3D terrain, and alerts & action points. Want to track it for real? Promote to live monitoring roster adds the site to the control room — it stays on the synthetic feed until real sensor hardware and telemetry exist there.

Configuration lights sit top-right (maps3d · earth engine · rainfall inputs) and the terrain source & accuracy appear above the map. Everything on this page is simulated — no real dam is affected — and every result is labelled as such.