Geodetic surveying method for referencing a coordinate system by means of a geodetic surveying device (1, 11) according to claim 11, comprising • deriving surface information for an object in respect of an internal coordinate system of the surveying device (1, 11), in particular in respect of a form and/or spatial extent of the object, and • geodetically accurate individual point measuring to at least one reference point, wherein o a position reference to an external coordinate system is provided by the at least one reference point, o measurement radiation (3, 33) is aligned precisely on the at least one reference point and o at least one direction to the reference point is determined in the internal coordinate system when the measurement radiation (3, 33) is aligned on the at least one reference point, characterized by • reference point-independent scanning for deriving the surface information, comprising o automatic scanning of a scanning region, specified in respect of the object, by continuously changing in a motorized guided fashion the alignment of the measurement radiation (3, 33), o determining a respective distance and a respective alignment of the measurement radiation (3, 33) emitted for a distance measurement for scanning points lying within the specified scanning region with a predetermined scanning point resolution, and o producing a point cloud (20a-c), representing the surface information and having the scanning points, in the internal coordinate system and • such referencing, in particular automatic referencing, of the internal coordinate system in relation to the external coordinate system on the basis of at least o the position reference to the external coordinate system provided by the reference point and o the specified direction to the reference point in the internal coordinate system, so that at least one orientation of the point cloud (20a-c) is determined in the external coordinate system. • deriving surface information for an object in respect of an internal coordinate system of the surveying device (1, 11), in particular in respect of a form and/or spatial extent of the object, and • geodetically accurate individual point measuring to at least one reference point, wherein o a position reference to an external coordinate system is provided by the at least one reference point, o measurement radiation (3, 33) is aligned precisely on the at least one reference point and o at least one direction to the reference point is determined in the internal coordinate system when the measurement radiation (3, 33) is aligned on the at least one reference point, characterized by o a position reference to an external coordinate system is provided by the at least one reference point, o measurement radiation (3, 33) is aligned precisely on the at least one reference point and o at least one direction to the reference point is determined in the internal coordinate system when the measurement radiation (3, 33) is aligned on the at least one reference point, • reference point-independent scanning for deriving the surface information, comprising o automatic scanning of a scanning region, specified in respect of the object, by continuously changing in a motorized guided fashion the alignment of the measurement radiation (3, 33), o determining a respective distance and a respective alignment of the measurement radiation (3, 33) emitted for a distance measurement for scanning points lying within the specified scanning region with a predetermined scanning point resolution, and o producing a point cloud (20a-c), representing the surface information and having the scanning points, in the internal coordinate system and o automatic scanning of a scanning region, specified in respect of the object, by continuously changing in a motorized guided fashion the alignment of the measurement radiation (3, 33), o determining a respective distance and a respective alignment of the measurement radiation (3, 33) emitted for a distance measurement for scanning points lying within the specified scanning region with a predetermined scanning point resolution, and o producing a point cloud (20a-c), representing the surface information and having the scanning points, in the internal coordinate system and • such referencing, in particular automatic referencing, of the internal coordinate system in relation to the external coordinate system on the basis of at least o the position reference to the external coordinate system provided by the reference point and o the specified direction to the reference point in the internal coordinate system, o the position reference to the external coordinate system provided by the reference point and o the specified direction to the reference point in the internal coordinate system,