A surveying pole system comprising a surveying pole , wherein the surveying pole comprises - at least two telescopic sections configured for providing a length adjustability of the surveying pole, - at a first end of the surveying pole, a pointing tip (P) suitable for being positioned on a target point (T) of the environment, - at a second end of the surveying pole, a length reference point, characterised by the surveying pole further comprising - a locking mechanism configured for - locking the length adjustability in respective lock-in positions, wherein each of the lock-in positions provides a corresponding distance between the pointing tip and the length reference point, and - unlocking the length adjustability, - coded identifiers , wherein each of the coded identifiers - has a predetermined code and - is associated with one of the lock-in positions, - a coded-identifier reader configured for, in each of the lock-in positions, reading the code of a respective coded identifier associated with the respective lock-in position, - a communication device configured for transmitting a signal to a surveying instrument or to a surveying instrument controller, wherein the signal is based at least on the read code. wherein the surveying pole comprises - at least two telescopic sections configured for providing a length adjustability of the surveying pole, - at a first end of the surveying pole, a pointing tip (P) suitable for being positioned on a target point (T) of the environment, - at a second end of the surveying pole, a length reference point, characterised by - at least two telescopic sections configured for providing a length adjustability of the surveying pole, - at a first end of the surveying pole, a pointing tip (P) suitable for being positioned on a target point (T) of the environment, - at a second end of the surveying pole, a length reference point, characterised by the surveying pole further comprising - a locking mechanism configured for - locking the length adjustability in respective lock-in positions, wherein each of the lock-in positions provides a corresponding distance between the pointing tip and the length reference point, and - unlocking the length adjustability, - coded identifiers , wherein each of the coded identifiers - has a predetermined code and - is associated with one of the lock-in positions, - a coded-identifier reader configured for, in each of the lock-in positions, reading the code of a respective coded identifier associated with the respective lock-in position, - a communication device configured for transmitting a signal to a surveying instrument or to a surveying instrument controller, wherein the signal is based at least on the read code. - a locking mechanism configured for - locking the length adjustability in respective lock-in positions, wherein each of the lock-in positions provides a corresponding distance between the pointing tip and the length reference point, and - unlocking the length adjustability, - locking the length adjustability in respective lock-in positions, wherein each of the lock-in positions provides a corresponding distance between the pointing tip and the length reference point, and - unlocking the length adjustability, - coded identifiers , wherein each of the coded identifiers - has a predetermined code and - is associated with one of the lock-in positions, - has a predetermined code and - is associated with one of the lock-in positions, - a coded-identifier reader configured for, in each of the lock-in positions, reading the code of a respective coded identifier associated with the respective lock-in position, - a communication device configured for transmitting a signal to a surveying instrument or to a surveying instrument controller, wherein the signal is based at least on the read code. <EOS>