Can we narrow down the location of the house of the Shannons?
Close to the marketplace
Fanycharmed wrote: And the Shannons’ house is only the-probe-and-one-other-house away from the marketplace, which is next to the gate.
(There is a glitch in the pilot where, when Mark is leading the Shannons to their home, they walk past their house only to come to it a second later.)
Something that you have to take into account is that the actual set of Terra Nova contained only a few streets next to the hospital, lab, market and gate. This picture is the entire set:
No wonder that people walk through the same street multiple times. The set was so small they had to reuse the street to give the illusion they are walking through a settlement with ~300 houses.
So, looking carefully at the screen will be very helpful to locate where a scene was shot on the set. It is probably less helpful in determining where a scene was supposed to take place in the fictional colony.
Far from the marketplace
There are indications that the Shannon house was located far from the marketplace.
The Shannon house is located in the newest section of the colony. The house is soo new, they still have to paint it. Their entire section of the colony was probably built for the 10th Pilgrimage. So, logically, the 10th Pilgrimage-section was located at the edge of the older section.
The oldest part of the colony is the Command Base. In behind the scenes videos, it was explained that Taylor build parts of the Command Building when he was still alone.
Logically, the members of the Pioneer mission/1st Pilgrimage build their homes near the Command base, and the 2nd Pilgrimage next to them, etc. Based on this assumption, I think the 10th Pilgrimage-section is located as far from the Command Base/Marketplace as is possible while still being inside the colony.
If you look at an air picture of the colony, you see that there is only one section where windmills are standing. In the picture, the main gate (next to the Command Base) is located at the bottom. The windmills are only located in the upper left corner. Located far away from the Command Base.
In the Zoe/Brachiosaur scene, a windmill can be seen in the background. I can't see any actual windmills in the film set. So, I think it was added with green screens.
Therefore, I think the 10th Pilgrimage section was supposed to be located next to the windmill park.
There are probably a bunch of flaws in my reasoning. So, feel free to add your comments.