Part 2: Surveying
5. Linear/running survey
This is the simplest way to survey in a small garden or space, especially if there is a house nearby which gives an easy point of reference to measure from.
It simply involves measuring straight lines and then drawing these to scale on a plan. The straight lines measured include:
- distances between objects
- lengths of fences and walls
- perimeters and diagonals.
A running survey is a technique in which you lay a measuring tape along a known line, for example, the front of a house, and then measure the distance to features at right angles from this line, marking both how far along the measuring tape each feature is and the distance to the feature.
These can then be drawn out to scale on a plan:
