Surveying device, built as theodolite or total station or laser tracker, with • a base defining a standing axis, • an alidade, mounted on the base and being rotatable about the standing axis in a motor driven manner, • a telescope unit comprising a beam exit for a laser measuring beam defining a target axis, the telescope unit being mounted on the alidade and being movable in the form of a tilting motion about an elevation axis relative to the alidade in a motor driven manner, the elevation axis being substantially orthogonal to the standing axis, • a distance measuring unit, configured to generate the laser measuring beam and, based thereof, to provide distance measurement data for determining a distance to an object, wherein the laser measuring beam is extending from the telescope unit along a target axis, • an angle determining unit configured to provide angle determination data for determining the orientation of the alidade to the base and the orientation of the telescope unit to the alidade, respectively, and • a control unit configured to automatically control a scan functionality of the surveying device, the scan functionality comprising generation of distance measurement data and angle determination data for different scan points set by rotating the alidade about the standing axis and by tilting the telescope unit about the elevation axis, respectively, characterized in that the scan functionality comprises at least one scan sequence with multiple continual revolutions of the alidade around the standing axis, wherein during the scan sequence • the alidade is in a continuous revolving motion with uniform, in particular mainly constant, angular velocity about the standing axis, and • the angular velocity of the alidade about the standing axis is faster than half of the angular velocity of the tilting motion of the telescope unit about the elevation axis, in particular faster than the angular velocity of the tilting motion of the telescope unit. • a base defining a standing axis, • an alidade, mounted on the base and being rotatable about the standing axis in a motor driven manner, • a telescope unit comprising a beam exit for a laser measuring beam defining a target axis, the telescope unit being mounted on the alidade and being movable in the form of a tilting motion about an elevation axis relative to the alidade in a motor driven manner, the elevation axis being substantially orthogonal to the standing axis, • a distance measuring unit, configured to generate the laser measuring beam and, based thereof, to provide distance measurement data for determining a distance to an object, wherein the laser measuring beam is extending from the telescope unit along a target axis, • an angle determining unit configured to provide angle determination data for determining the orientation of the alidade to the base and the orientation of the telescope unit to the alidade, respectively, and • a control unit configured to automatically control a scan functionality of the surveying device, the scan functionality comprising generation of distance measurement data and angle determination data for different scan points set by rotating the alidade about the standing axis and by tilting the telescope unit about the elevation axis, respectively, • the alidade is in a continuous revolving motion with uniform, in particular mainly constant, angular velocity about the standing axis, and • the angular velocity of the alidade about the standing axis is faster than half of the angular velocity of the tilting motion of the telescope unit about the elevation axis, in particular faster than the angular velocity of the tilting motion of the telescope unit.