{"id":252,"date":"2016-02-18T11:32:27","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T11:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/house.geoffwells.com\/?p=252"},"modified":"2016-02-18T11:32:27","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T11:32:27","slug":"site-layout-work-the-northing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/house.geoffwells.com\/index.php\/2016\/02\/18\/site-layout-work-the-northing\/","title":{"rendered":"Site layout work: the northing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first step in getting the house laid out on the site is to get it strung out&#8211;that is, all the footings and walls laid out by string and posts.\u00a0 Getting true north is the first step.\u00a0 Gary has built a survey table from which to do this, using a number of cross-checking methods: a gnomon&#8211;vertical pin casting a shadow which is precisely tracked&#8211;along with magnetic compass reading adjusted for declination, and apparently an app which can be laid on the board&#8211;all very fascinating!\u00a0 Here are Lesley and Gary in deep discussion about this, and about&#8211;always!&#8211;getting more windows in, now that the expansive view is clear.<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"http:\\\/\\\/house.geoffwells.com\\\/index.php\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/18\\\/site-layout-work-the-northing\\\/\"}' class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular\" data-original-width=\"840\"><div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 835px; 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