Laser scanner

The invention relates to a laser scanner and a system including a laser scanner for measuring an environment. The laser scanner comprises: an optical distance measuring device for detecting distance measurement data, the optical distance measuring device having a transmitter unit and a receiver unit; a support; a beam diverting unit for the distance measuring radiation, the beam diverting unit being fixed to the support such that the beam diverting unit is rotatable around a beam axis of rotation; and an angle encoder for recording angle data relating to rotation of the beam steering unit about the beam rotation axis. 本发明涉及激光扫描仪和包括用于对环境进行测量的激光扫描仪的系统。该激光扫描仪包括：用于检测距离测量数据的光学距离测量设备，该光学距离测量设备具有发射器单元和接收器单元；支撑件；用于所述距离测量辐射的射束转向单元，该射束转向单元固定到所述支撑件，使得所述射束转向单元能够绕射束旋转轴旋转；以及角度编码器，该角度编码器用于记录与所述射束转向单元绕所述射束旋转轴的旋转相关的角度数据。