Surveying system for measuring the position of a measuring point , the surveying system comprising - a survey pole with a body having a pointer tip for contacting the measuring point , and position giving means for making available the coordinative determination of a referenced position, the position giving means being placed on the body with a defined spatial relationship relative to the tip , wherein the position giving means comprise a retroreflector , - a surveying device configured to measure positional parameters of the retroreflector comprising angles and a distance to the retroreflector and to derive a referenced position of the retroreflector , - a control and evaluation unit for deriving the position of the measuring point at least based on the determined referenced position and on the defined spatial relationship of the position giving means relative to the tip , - an inertial measurement unit comprising IMU sensors including accelerometers and/or gyroscopes, and being configured to continuously generate IMU data related to a rotational rate and/or acceleration of the pole , and - a motion tracker configured to receive the IMU data and to derive, based on the IMU data and in real time, motions and/or motion patterns (41-46) of the survey pole , wherein, if a derived motion or motion pattern corresponds to a defined motion pattern of the survey pole , the surveying system is configured to automatically perform an action (52-54) associated with the defined motion pattern, wherein - the survey pole and the surveying device are configured to establish a remote data connection with each other, and - the action (52-54) associated with the determined defined motion pattern relates to a function of the surveying device . - a survey pole with a body having a pointer tip for contacting the measuring point , and position giving means for making available the coordinative determination of a referenced position, the position giving means being placed on the body with a defined spatial relationship relative to the tip , wherein the position giving means comprise a retroreflector , - a surveying device configured to measure positional parameters of the retroreflector comprising angles and a distance to the retroreflector and to derive a referenced position of the retroreflector , - a control and evaluation unit for deriving the position of the measuring point at least based on the determined referenced position and on the defined spatial relationship of the position giving means relative to the tip , - an inertial measurement unit comprising IMU sensors including accelerometers and/or gyroscopes, and being configured to continuously generate IMU data related to a rotational rate and/or acceleration of the pole , and - a motion tracker configured to receive the IMU data and to derive, based on the IMU data and in real time, motions and/or motion patterns (41-46) of the survey pole , wherein, if a derived motion or motion pattern corresponds to a defined motion pattern of the survey pole , the surveying system is configured to automatically perform an action (52-54) associated with the defined motion pattern, - the survey pole and the surveying device are configured to establish a remote data connection with each other, and - the action (52-54) associated with the determined defined motion pattern relates to a function of the surveying device . <EOS>