The main purpose of employing a surveyor in a boundary dispute is usually to provide an accurate scale plan of the site. Where a conveyance plan with measurements is available it will also be necessary to check those measurements against the features on the ground. Most surveyors still use good old-fashioned tapes to make measurements and there is often no reason why a surveyor who has used this method should be criticised. However, where an accurate scale plan is required a land surveyor should be instructed to produce it. He or she will have the highly technical equipment and the detailed trigonometrical knolwedge that produces accuracy together with a mastery of computer aided design.
Computers can now make a lot of difference to the quality of report produced.
Equipment on site can be used to obtain substantial amounts of detailed information that is fed into a computer back at the office. Fantastically accurate and detailed plans can then be produced, on any scale that is necessary. If the boundary is within a party wall a building surveyor is the best qualified person to deal with the case. Whoever is instructed should be properly qualified. The experienced boundary surveyor will also be familiar with the different site features that may assist in the case.