Electronic tape measure

An electronic measuring tape for measuring a body part comprising

• a housing having a tape outlet opening,
• a tape drum rotatably mounted around an axis of rotation in said housing, said axis of rotation defining an axial, a radial and an azimuthal direction,
• a tape with length markings attached with an inner end to the tape drum, windable thereon and extendable out of the tape outlet opening,
• a read-out module arranged to read out the markings,
• a data processing module connected to the read-out module and adapted to provide a measuring instruction to a user and to process a read-out length measurement,
• an input module connected to the data processing module and arranged to receive an input from the user,
• a display module connected to the data processing module and arranged to display the measurement instruction and arranged on the housing in a radial-azimuthal plane, characterized in that
• the housing in the radial-azimuthal plane has dimensions of at most 100 mm×100 mm, and the display module comprises a screen, wherein the screen occupies at least 15% of at least one side surface of the housing in a radial-azimuthal plane, is touch-sensitive, serves as an input module, and shows, supported by a graphical representation, of how to arrange the measuring tape anywhere on the body part.