Surveying device for a coordinative position determination of a spatial point, wherein the surveying device comprises a transmission unit having a targeting component that can be rotated about two axes (6, 8) of rotation, namely a first axis of rotation and a second axis of rotation, wherein the targeting component is configured to provide for a distance measurement, which comprises transmission of measurement radiation by the targeting component, thereby defining a target axis, and reception of returning measurement radiation by the targeting component, wherein the surveying device comprises a base and a support that is mounted to the base rotatably about the first axis of rotation, wherein the targeting component is mounted to the support rotatably about the second axis of rotation, wherein the surveying device further comprises • a camera which is fixedly mounted to the transmission unit in a way that its field-of-view moves with the targeting component, wherein the camera is configured to capture two images, wherein each of the two images is associated with a different distance measurement, each of which comprising transmission and reception of corresponding measurement radiation, characterized in that the surveying device further comprises: • an image evaluator, configured for automatically identifying corresponding image features that are present in both of the two images, the corresponding image features representing reference points within the environment, and for a derivation of a spatial transformation parameter from a motion of the corresponding image features, wherein the spatial transformation parameter provides for a determination of a difference of a spatial pose of the target axis between the different distance measurements which correspond to the two images. wherein the surveying device comprises a base and a support that is mounted to the base rotatably about the first axis of rotation, wherein the targeting component is mounted to the support rotatably about the second axis of rotation, wherein the surveying device further comprises • a camera which is fixedly mounted to the transmission unit in a way that its field-of-view moves with the targeting component, wherein the camera is configured to capture two images, wherein each of the two images is associated with a different distance measurement, each of which comprising transmission and reception of corresponding measurement radiation, • a camera which is fixedly mounted to the transmission unit in a way that its field-of-view moves with the targeting component, wherein the camera is configured to capture two images, wherein each of the two images is associated with a different distance measurement, each of which comprising transmission and reception of corresponding measurement radiation, characterized in that the surveying device further comprises: • an image evaluator, configured for automatically identifying corresponding image features that are present in both of the two images, the corresponding image features representing reference points within the environment, and for a derivation of a spatial transformation parameter from a motion of the corresponding image features, wherein the spatial transformation parameter provides for a determination of a difference of a spatial pose of the target axis between the different distance measurements which correspond to the two images. • an image evaluator, configured for automatically identifying corresponding image features that are present in both of the two images, the corresponding image features representing reference points within the environment, and for a derivation of a spatial transformation parameter from a motion of the corresponding image features, wherein the spatial transformation parameter provides for a determination of a difference of a spatial pose of the target axis between the different distance measurements which correspond to the two images.