Measuring apparatus for the three-dimensional geometric acquisition of surroundings, comprising • a base, • a transceiver platform rotatable about a rotation axis relative to the base, configured for rotating a beam exit region and a beam entrance region about the rotation axis, • a goniometer for acquiring angle data with respect to the angular orientation of the transceiver platform about the rotation axis, • a transmitting unit having a multiplicity of n transmission channels for emitting pulsed distance measurement beams via the beam exit region, wherein the transmission channels have a fixed arrangement with respect to the transceiver platform and in each case a different elevation with respect to a reference plane orthogonal to the rotation axis is scannable with each of the transmission channels, • a receiving unit configured for acquiring pulsed distance measurement beams returning via the beam entrance region and for generating distance measurement data with respect to the multiplicity of transmission channels, and • a computing unit configured for deriving a three-dimensional point cloud on the basis of the angle data, the distance measurement data, and arrangement information indicative of the arrangement of the multiplicity of transmission channels, characterized in that • the receiving unit comprises a sensor arrangement of m semiconductor photomultiplier sensors, wherein each of the semiconductor photomultiplier sensors comprises in each case a multiplicity of microcells which in each case are based on an internal gain mechanism and operate in the Geiger mode, and the output values of the microcells of a respective semiconductor photomultiplier sensor in each case generate a common output signal, • wherein m is less than n, and • the transmitting unit and the receiving unit are configured such that at least two of the transmission channels are assigned to a common semiconductor photomultiplier sensor of the sensor arrangement, which sensor is configured for generating the distance measurement data with respect to the at least two transmission channels. • a base, • a transceiver platform rotatable about a rotation axis relative to the base, configured for rotating a beam exit region and a beam entrance region about the rotation axis, • a goniometer for acquiring angle data with respect to the angular orientation of the transceiver platform about the rotation axis, • a transmitting unit having a multiplicity of n transmission channels for emitting pulsed distance measurement beams via the beam exit region, wherein the transmission channels have a fixed arrangement with respect to the transceiver platform and in each case a different elevation with respect to a reference plane orthogonal to the rotation axis is scannable with each of the transmission channels, • a receiving unit configured for acquiring pulsed distance measurement beams returning via the beam entrance region and for generating distance measurement data with respect to the multiplicity of transmission channels, and • a computing unit configured for deriving a three-dimensional point cloud on the basis of the angle data, the distance measurement data, and arrangement information indicative of the arrangement of the multiplicity of transmission channels, • the receiving unit comprises a sensor arrangement of m semiconductor photomultiplier sensors, wherein each of the semiconductor photomultiplier sensors comprises in each case a multiplicity of microcells which in each case are based on an internal gain mechanism and operate in the Geiger mode, and the output values of the microcells of a respective semiconductor photomultiplier sensor in each case generate a common output signal, • wherein m is less than n, and • the transmitting unit and the receiving unit are configured such that at least two of the transmission channels are assigned to a common semiconductor photomultiplier sensor of the sensor arrangement, which sensor is configured for generating the distance measurement data with respect to the at least two transmission channels.