A Surveyor Looks at the Washington DC Map: Part 3

A Surveyor Looks at the Washington DC Map: Part 3

In this video I argue against David Ovason's assertion that the DC map was based on and built around the line between the Capitol and the White House. I recommend that the base line runs from the White House to Georgetown.

If you extend that line passed the WH to the East Branch, you can see that the CB has been moved north. It would need to be 600 feet to the south for PA to be straight all the way.

Jim Alison also attempts to portray a grid based on the distances between the WH and the CB and Jeff Mml. We find that a circle centered on the WH and extended to the JM also touches the House of the Temple in the north.

The problem is that there is nothing in the south that corresponds to the distances to Scott Circle of the tip of the triangle north of the HOT.

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• Washington
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• map
• survey
• surveyor
• grid
• rhombus
• triangles