It's a good question, and I honestly think that SimTable has struggled with that. From a playing perspective, or educational perspective, the sand is great. Wh

It's a good question, and I honestly think that SimTable has struggled with that. From a playing perspective, or educational perspective, the sand is great. What happens with wildfires if we make the mountain this big? What happens to the water table if erosion cuts a valley through here? The immediate feedback that you can get by just shaping the landscape differently with your hands is really cool. From a wildfire training perspective, or other disaster management, it's different because you're dealing with an existing landscape. I've seen them start by projecting a map, then forming the sand with their hands to match the map, and then starting the simulation. But at that point is the 3D landscape needed? You could also project onto a flat table. I guess the reason is that it helps the fire chiefs or whoever really envision the landscape. "Ah, yes, this is Devil's Pass, I see how the wind is going to blow right through there and blow the fire that way. What if we cut a fire lane here? Ok, that slows it down." But it could also be a cool technology being used as a solution to a non-problem.