Method for determining a distance between two target points (10, 11) with a measurement sequence with • measuring a first distance to a first target point by emitting a laser beam in a first emission direction, and • measuring a second distance to a second target point by emitting a laser beam in a second emission direction, and with capturing a series of images by means of a camera with known camera optics having a global shutter as an aperture shutter, wherein the series of images comprises at least a first target image and a second target image and further images captured during movement of said camera between said first and second distance measurements, wherein • the first target image is captured with an image of the first target point at the same time as measuring the first distance, and • the second target image is captured with an image of the second target point at the same time as measuring the second distance, characterized in that the images of the series have at least one common image area, and the method comprises • setting the captured images in relation to each other by means of the at least one common image area and by means of feature extraction and image stitching, said setting containing a joining of the captured images into a panoramic image, wherein recognized features are tracked during panning of the camera performed by aiming at the second target point, for which purpose further images are captured continuously or as required, • a determination of a distance between the images (10', 11') of the target points (10, 11) in the images which are set in relation to one another, using a number of image points between the images (10', 11') of the target points (10, 11), wherein, by using the knowledge of the camera optics, a solid angle (α) between the first emission direction and the second emission direction is determined from the distance between the images (10', 11'), and • a determination of the distance between the target points (10, 11), wherein the distance is calculated by means of the cosine theorem and by means of the measured distances (13, 14) to the target points (10, 11) and the solid angle (α) between the first emission direction and the second emission direction. • measuring a first distance to a first target point by emitting a laser beam in a first emission direction, and • measuring a second distance to a second target point by emitting a laser beam in a second emission direction, and with capturing a series of images by means of a camera with known camera optics having a global shutter as an aperture shutter, wherein the series of images comprises at least a first target image and a second target image and further images captured during movement of said camera between said first and second distance measurements, wherein • the first target image is captured with an image of the first target point at the same time as measuring the first distance, and • the second target image is captured with an image of the second target point at the same time as measuring the second distance, characterized in that the images of the series have at least one common image area, and the method comprises • setting the captured images in relation to each other by means of the at least one common image area and by means of feature extraction and image stitching, said setting containing a joining of the captured images into a panoramic image, wherein recognized features are tracked during panning of the camera performed by aiming at the second target point, for which purpose further images are captured continuously or as required, • a determination of a distance between the images (10', 11') of the target points (10, 11) in the images which are set in relation to one another, using a number of image points between the images (10', 11') of the target points (10, 11), wherein, by using the knowledge of the camera optics, a solid angle (α) between the first emission direction and the second emission direction is determined from the distance between the images (10', 11'), and • a determination of the distance between the target points (10, 11), wherein the distance is calculated by means of the cosine theorem and by means of the measured distances (13, 14) to the target points (10, 11) and the solid angle (α) between the first emission direction and the second emission direction.