Mobile field controller (22, 300, 69) for measurement and remote control, configured in such a way that it forms a system for coordinative geodetic determination of the position of target points (15, 23, 350, 507, 61a) together with a remote controllable geodetic surveying device (11, 21, 320), more particularly a total station or tachymeter, having a distance and direction measurement functionality, more particularly an angle measurement functionality, wherein the field controller (22, 300, 69) comprises • a control and evaluation unit with user input and output means, more particularly an electronic display, for receiving, processing and transmitting data (301, 302, 303), withal for controlling the surveying device (11, 21, 320) remotely and in particular for evaluating and/or transmitting measurement data, • a housing (400, 500) that can be hand-held, • a unit for determining or enabling determination of a spatial orientation of the field controller (22, 300) and • wherein at least one target point (15, 23, 350, 507, 61a) can be optically marked by means of the field controller (22, 300, 69), • at least one geodetic target object (13, 26, 312, 407, 450, 486, 502, 522) supported by the housing (400, 500), the absolute target position of which target object can be determined very precisely by the surveying device (11, 21, 320), • a distance-measuring unit (25, 311, 408, 503, 60, 480), more particularly a unit for measuring distance by electrooptic or electroacoustic means, for determining the distance between the field controller (22, 300, 69) and the at least one target point (15, 23, 350, 507, 61a) without contacting the ground, • wherein the geodetic target object (13, 26, 312, 486, 502, 552) and the distance-measuring unit (25, 311, 408, 503, 60) are in a defined spatial reference relationship to an internal reference system of the field controller (22, 300, 69) and • the absolute position of the target point (15, 23, 350, 507, 61a) can be calculated by means of the spatial orientation of the field controller (22, 300, 69) and the distance between the field controller and the at least one target point, knowing the spatial reference relationship, from the absolute position of the geodetic target object (13, 26, 312, 486, 502, 552). • a control and evaluation unit with user input and output means, more particularly an electronic display, for receiving, processing and transmitting data (301, 302, 303), withal for controlling the surveying device (11, 21, 320) remotely and in particular for evaluating and/or transmitting measurement data, • a housing (400, 500) that can be hand-held, • a unit for determining or enabling determination of a spatial orientation of the field controller (22, 300) and • wherein at least one target point (15, 23, 350, 507, 61a) can be optically marked by means of the field controller (22, 300, 69), • at least one geodetic target object (13, 26, 312, 407, 450, 486, 502, 522) supported by the housing (400, 500), the absolute target position of which target object can be determined very precisely by the surveying device (11, 21, 320), • a distance-measuring unit (25, 311, 408, 503, 60, 480), more particularly a unit for measuring distance by electrooptic or electroacoustic means, for determining the distance between the field controller (22, 300, 69) and the at least one target point (15, 23, 350, 507, 61a) without contacting the ground, • wherein the geodetic target object (13, 26, 312, 486, 502, 552) and the distance-measuring unit (25, 311, 408, 503, 60) are in a defined spatial reference relationship to an internal reference system of the field controller (22, 300, 69) and • the absolute position of the target point (15, 23, 350, 507, 61a) can be calculated by means of the spatial orientation of the field controller (22, 300, 69) and the distance between the field controller and the at least one target point, knowing the spatial reference relationship, from the absolute position of the geodetic target object (13, 26, 312, 486, 502, 552).