A method for the position determination of an object (6, 6a..6d), which is conveyed on a conveying device (1a..1c) by conveyor elements (2, 2 M , 2 L ), comprising the steps a) setting a positional value (P), which is assigned to the object (6, 6a..6d) in a controller of the conveying device (1a..1c), to the position (P 1 ) of a first detection area (E 1 ) of a first sensor (Li) fixedly installed on the conveying device (6, 6a..6d), when the object (6, 6a..6d) is detected in the first detection area (E 1 ), b) calculating a position (P sig ) of the object (6, 6a..6d) with the aid of rotation signals from drives (M) for the conveyor elements (2, 2 M , 2 L ) of the conveying device (1a..1c), starting from the position (P 1 ) of the first detection area (E 1 ) during a movement of the object (6, 6a..6d) away from the first detection area (E 1 ),and c) setting the positional value (P), which is assigned to the object (6, 6a..6d) in the controller of the conveying device (1a..1c), to the position (P 2 ) of a second detection area (E 2 ) of the first sensor (Li) or of a second sensor (L 2 ) fixedly installed on the conveying device (1a..1c), when the object (6, 6a..6d) is detected in the second detection area (E 2 ), characterized in that d) a deviation (ΔP) between the position (P sig ) calculated by means of the rotation signals from the drives (M) and the position (P 2 ) of the second detection area (E 2 ) is determined after the object (6, 6a..6d) has been detected in the second detection area (E 2 ), and e) the determined deviation (ΔP) for calculating a corrected position (P korr ) of the object (6, 6a..6d) with the aid of the rotation signals from the drives (M) during a movement of the object (6, 6a..6d) away from the second detection area (E 2 ) is used. a) setting a positional value (P), which is assigned to the object (6, 6a..6d) in a controller of the conveying device (1a..1c), to the position (P 1 ) of a first detection area (E 1 ) of a first sensor (Li) fixedly installed on the conveying device (6, 6a..6d), when the object (6, 6a..6d) is detected in the first detection area (E 1 ), b) calculating a position (P sig ) of the object (6, 6a..6d) with the aid of rotation signals from drives (M) for the conveyor elements (2, 2 M , 2 L ) of the conveying device (1a..1c), starting from the position (P 1 ) of the first detection area (E 1 ) during a movement of the object (6, 6a..6d) away from the first detection area (E 1 ),and c) setting the positional value (P), which is assigned to the object (6, 6a..6d) in the controller of the conveying device (1a..1c), to the position (P 2 ) of a second detection area (E 2 ) of the first sensor (Li) or of a second sensor (L 2 ) fixedly installed on the conveying device (1a..1c), when the object (6, 6a..6d) is detected in the second detection area (E 2 ), d) a deviation (ΔP) between the position (P sig ) calculated by means of the rotation signals from the drives (M) and the position (P 2 ) of the second detection area (E 2 ) is determined after the object (6, 6a..6d) has been detected in the second detection area (E 2 ), and e) the determined deviation (ΔP) for calculating a corrected position (P korr ) of the object (6, 6a..6d) with the aid of the rotation signals from the drives (M) during a movement of the object (6, 6a..6d) away from the second detection area (E 2 ) is used. <EOS>