Distance measuring system with layout generation functionality

A Distance Measuring (DM)-system comprising:

• a DM-device including:
• a measuring beam unit configured for determining a value of a distance between an object and the DM-device by transmitting a measuring beam and receiving a reflection of the measuring beam from the object, and
• an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) configured for determining:
• an absolute first rotational position of the DM-device with respect to a first axis, said first axis being parallel to the measuring beam, and
• an absolute second rotational position of the DM-device with respect to a second axis, said second axis being parallel to the gravity field,
• a computer unit configured for:
• receiving from the DM-device:
• a plurality of measured distance values,
• for at least one of the plurality of measured distance values, an absolute first rotational position of the DM-device at the time of a respective distance measurement, and
• for each of the plurality of measured distance values, an absolute second rotational position of the DM-device at the time of a respective distance measurement, and
• generating a layout by consecutively linking the measured distances based on the plurality of measured distance values, the at least one absolute first rotational position, and the absolute second rotational positions.