A method for determining a distance to a target object using a laser range finding device , the method comprising: emitting at least two laser pulses toward the target object ; receiving reflected energy in response to the at least two laser pulse reflecting off a surface , the surface being associated with at least the target object or another object in an area surrounding the target object ; capturing for each laser pulse an image that includes the target object and the area surrounding the target object ; mapping a location associated with one of the at least two laser pulses reflecting off the surface to a coordinate corresponding to a coordinate system of each captured image; and generating a composite image for each captured image, each composite image including a visual representation of the one of the at least two laser pulses overlaid on the captured image using the mapping of the location of the one of the at least two laser pulses; collecting information corresponding to movement of the laser range finding device between the capture of at least two images, wherein the information is collected via at least one of the following: motion sensors and image processing; determining an offset between the coordinate systems of the two images using the collected information; generating an aggregated composite image of the at least two composite images using the determined offset between the at least two images, the aggregate composite image comprising the visual representations of the at least two composite images ; and displaying the aggregated composite image with a selectable marking associated with each of the visual representations of the at least two composite images , whereby a user can select a selectable marking to designate that the associated visual representation corresponds to the surface of the target object . emitting at least two laser pulses toward the target object ; receiving reflected energy in response to the at least two laser pulse reflecting off a surface , the surface being associated with at least the target object or another object in an area surrounding the target object ; capturing for each laser pulse an image that includes the target object and the area surrounding the target object ; mapping a location associated with one of the at least two laser pulses reflecting off the surface to a coordinate corresponding to a coordinate system of each captured image; and generating a composite image for each captured image, each composite image including a visual representation of the one of the at least two laser pulses overlaid on the captured image using the mapping of the location of the one of the at least two laser pulses; collecting information corresponding to movement of the laser range finding device between the capture of at least two images, wherein the information is collected via at least one of the following: motion sensors and image processing; determining an offset between the coordinate systems of the two images using the collected information; generating an aggregated composite image of the at least two composite images using the determined offset between the at least two images, the aggregate composite image comprising the visual representations of the at least two composite images ; and displaying the aggregated composite image with a selectable marking associated with each of the visual representations of the at least two composite images , whereby a user can select a selectable marking to designate that the associated visual representation corresponds to the surface of the target object . <EOS>