{"title":"Analyse a plot","fields":[{"key":"plot.width","name":"width","group":"plot","kind":"number","required":true,"description":"East-west extent of a rectangular plot, in the unit given. Send this with depth for a rectangle, or send polygon instead.","min":0,"example":30},{"key":"plot.depth","name":"depth","group":"plot","kind":"number","required":true,"description":"North-south extent of a rectangular plot, in the unit given. Send this with width for a rectangle, or send polygon instead.","min":0,"example":40},{"key":"plot.unit","name":"unit","group":"plot","kind":"tiles","required":false,"description":"Unit the plot dimensions are given in. Every distance the response returns is in this same unit. The mandala projection is scale free, so this affects the areas and the marma size and nothing else.","enum":["feet","metres"],"default":"feet","example":"feet"},{"key":"facing","name":"facing","kind":"tiles","required":true,"description":"Direction the front of the house looks out toward, one of the eight compass sectors. Case and punctuation are folded, so north-east, northeast and NorthEast all resolve. Send this or facingDegrees, never both.","enum":["North","Northeast","East","Southeast","South","Southwest","West","Northwest"],"example":"North"},{"key":"facingDegrees","name":"facingDegrees","kind":"number","required":false,"description":"Direction the front of the house looks out toward, as a compass bearing in degrees clockwise from true north, measured looking OUT from the building. The same convention the feng shui facing endpoints use, so a bearing works unchanged across the two domains. Send this or facing, never both.","min":0,"max":360,"example":15,"fold":true},{"key":"slopeLowDirection","name":"slopeLowDirection","kind":"tiles","required":false,"description":"Which quarter of the plot the ground falls toward, that is where the LOW point is. The chapter states its rules in terms of the side that stands HIGHER, so the opposite of this value is what the verses are read against, and both are returned. Omit it if the ground is level.","enum":["North","Northeast","East","Southeast","South","Southwest","West","Northwest"],"example":"Northeast","fold":true},{"key":"road","name":"road","kind":"tiles","required":false,"description":"Which side a road runs along. The verdict is convention: the chapter states no rule for the side a road is on, only that an obstruction facing the gate brings misery unless it lies beyond twice the height of the house.","enum":["North","Northeast","East","Southeast","South","Southwest","West","Northwest"],"example":"North","fold":true},{"key":"extensions","name":"extensions","kind":"array","required":false,"description":"Quarters where the plot bulges out beyond a rectangle. Every extension verdict is convention: the chapter states no rule for a named corner and the nearest verses speak of a figure with a limb wanting.","example":["Northeast"],"fold":true},{"key":"cuts","name":"cuts","kind":"array","required":false,"description":"Quarters where a corner is missing from the rectangle. Every cut verdict is convention, for the same reason as the extensions.","example":["Southwest"],"fold":true},{"key":"water","name":"water","kind":"tiles","required":false,"description":"Which quarter holds standing water, a well, a tank or a sump. This one IS sourced: 53.119 gives a distinct effect for each of the eight directions and calls only the north and the north-east favourable.","enum":["North","Northeast","East","Southeast","South","Southwest","West","Northwest"],"example":"Northeast","fold":true},{"key":"slopeSchool","name":"slopeSchool","kind":"tiles","required":false,"description":"Which reading of the ground level to lead with. brihat-samhita applies verses 115 to 117 as written, where a higher north-east is a loss, a higher east or north is permitted when level ground is unavoidable and still carries its stated cost, and a higher south or west carries its cost with no allowance. modern applies the widely taught rule that the north-east must be the lowest point, which agrees with verse 115 and contradicts the verse 116 allowance. Both readings are returned whichever you choose, so the disagreement is visible rather than hidden. Defaults to brihat-samhita.","enum":["brihat-samhita","modern"],"default":"brihat-samhita","example":"brihat-samhita","fold":true}],"hasLang":true,"requiredAnyOf":[["facing"],["facingDegrees"]],"groups":[{"key":"plot","label":"Plot"},{}],"opensOnLoad":false}