Method for visually representing scanning data, which are recorded with an, in particular stationary, measurement device having a scanning functionality, in particular a laser scanner or total station, for recording object surfaces using measurement radiation , in particular laser radiation, wherein • the scanning data have a multiplicity of individual measurement data, wherein the individual measurement data in each case have at least one measurement value (M1-M9) that is linked to a respective measurement direction (1, 1a-1c), including in each case a distance measurement value, measured by way of the measurement radiation , from a surface point (P, Pa-c) that is located in the measurement direction (1, 1a-1c), wherein all measurement directions (1, 1a-1c) start from a common measurement reference point and the measurement directions (1, 1a-1c) are different from one another such that a predetermined scanning region with a predetermined scanning resolution is covered, in particular wherein the scanning region covers 360° in the horizontal and approximately 270° in the vertical, • the representation of the scanning data is effected using an image map with a number of map points (d1-d3) that is dependent on a predetermined display resolution, with representation of the scanning data, in particular generation of the image map , by way of an assignment rule for assignment (6, 6', 6") of measurement value (M1-M9), in particular distance value, to map point (d1-d3), wherein the assignment (6, 6', 6") is effected directly on the basis of the respective measurement direction (1, 1a-1c) that is linked to the measurement value (M1-M9), characterized in that a regular grid is formed by way of the measurement directions (1, 1a-1c), and the individual measurements are stored in a matrix , imaging the regular grid , with a column and row index, wherein each map point (d1-d3) is assigned a field of the matrix . • the scanning data have a multiplicity of individual measurement data, wherein the individual measurement data in each case have at least one measurement value (M1-M9) that is linked to a respective measurement direction (1, 1a-1c), including in each case a distance measurement value, measured by way of the measurement radiation , from a surface point (P, Pa-c) that is located in the measurement direction (1, 1a-1c), wherein all measurement directions (1, 1a-1c) start from a common measurement reference point and the measurement directions (1, 1a-1c) are different from one another such that a predetermined scanning region with a predetermined scanning resolution is covered, in particular wherein the scanning region covers 360° in the horizontal and approximately 270° in the vertical, all measurement directions (1, 1a-1c) start from a common measurement reference point and the measurement directions (1, 1a-1c) are different from one another such that a predetermined scanning region with a predetermined scanning resolution is covered, in particular wherein the scanning region covers 360° in the horizontal and approximately 270° in the vertical, • the representation of the scanning data is effected using an image map with a number of map points (d1-d3) that is dependent on a predetermined display resolution, with representation of the scanning data, in particular generation of the image map , by way of an assignment rule for assignment (6, 6', 6") of measurement value (M1-M9), in particular distance value, to map point (d1-d3), wherein the assignment (6, 6', 6") is effected directly on the basis of the respective measurement direction (1, 1a-1c) that is linked to the measurement value (M1-M9), <EOS>