Method for visually representing scanning data, which are recorded with an, in particular stationary, measurement device having a scanning functionality, in particular a laser scanner or total station, for recording object surfaces using measurement radiation, in particular laser radiation, wherein • the scanning data have a multiplicity of individual measurement data, wherein the individual measurement data in each case have at least one measurement value (M1-M9) that is linked to a respective measurement direction (1, 1a-1c), including in each case a distance measurement value, measured by way of the measurement radiation, from a surface point (P, Pa-c) that is located in the measurement direction (1, 1a-1c), wherein all measurement directions (1, 1a-1c) start from a common measurement reference point and the measurement directions (1, 1a-1c) are different from one another such that a predetermined scanning region with a predetermined scanning resolution is covered, in particular wherein the scanning region covers 360° in the horizontal and approximately 270° in the vertical, • the representation of the scanning data is effected using an image map (3, 3') with a number of map points (d1-d3) that is dependent on a predetermined display resolution, with representation of the scanning data, in particular generation of the image map (3, 3'), by way of an assignment rule for assignment (6, 6', 6") of measurement value (M1-M9), in particular distance value, to map point (d1-d3), wherein the assignment (6, 6', 6") is effected directly on the basis of the respective measurement direction (1, 1a-1c) that is linked to the measurement value (M1-M9), characterized in that a regular grid is formed by way of the measurement directions (1, 1a-1c), and the individual measurements are stored in a matrix, imaging the regular grid, with a column and row index, wherein each map point (d1-d3) is assigned a field of the matrix. • the scanning data have a multiplicity of individual measurement data, wherein the individual measurement data in each case have at least one measurement value (M1-M9) that is linked to a respective measurement direction (1, 1a-1c), including in each case a distance measurement value, measured by way of the measurement radiation, from a surface point (P, Pa-c) that is located in the measurement direction (1, 1a-1c), wherein all measurement directions (1, 1a-1c) start from a common measurement reference point and the measurement directions (1, 1a-1c) are different from one another such that a predetermined scanning region with a predetermined scanning resolution is covered, in particular wherein the scanning region covers 360° in the horizontal and approximately 270° in the vertical, all measurement directions (1, 1a-1c) start from a common measurement reference point and the measurement directions (1, 1a-1c) are different from one another such that a predetermined scanning region with a predetermined scanning resolution is covered, in particular wherein the scanning region covers 360° in the horizontal and approximately 270° in the vertical, • the representation of the scanning data is effected using an image map (3, 3') with a number of map points (d1-d3) that is dependent on a predetermined display resolution, with representation of the scanning data, in particular generation of the image map (3, 3'), by way of an assignment rule for assignment (6, 6', 6") of measurement value (M1-M9), in particular distance value, to map point (d1-d3), wherein the assignment (6, 6', 6") is effected directly on the basis of the respective measurement direction (1, 1a-1c) that is linked to the measurement value (M1-M9),