Patent ID: 7647199

Claim:
A method for determining the position of a set of new points which are to be surveyed using a geodetic device where a set of reference points are installed on a surveying site and the positions of the reference points in an absolute coordinate system are known, the method comprising the following acts: measuring the set of reference points and the set of new points in a relative coordinate system using the geodetic device where relative measurements of the set of reference points and the set of new points are determined; determining absolute positions of the set of new points in the absolute coordinate system by referencing the set of new points relative to the set of the reference points; updating the set of new points and the set of reference points in each case by: successively adding additional measured new points to the set of new points; and successively adding additional measured reference points to the set of reference points, respectively; and updating the absolute positions of the entire set of new points including the successively added additional measured new points by taking into account the set of reference points including the successively added additional measured reference points.