1. A method for creating a spatial model of a target object with a hand-held distance measuring device, the device comprising a laser distance meter, a camera, a computing unit and a data storage device, the method comprising: measuring with the laser distance meter one or more distances to a planar or substantially planar surface of the target object, storing the one or more measured distances in the data storage device, capturing with the camera a plurality of images of the surface of the target object from different positions, wherein each of the measured distances is associated with one of the captured images, determining with the computing unit relative camera poses for the plurality of images, and calculating with the computing unit based on the plurality of images and on the determined relative camera poses a three-dimensional geometry of the target object, wherein, after the three-dimensional geometry has been calculated, the method further comprises: retrieving at least one of the measured distances from the data storage device, and adding a scale to the three-dimensional geometry to obtain the spatial model of the target object, wherein the scale is calculated based on the at least one retrieved distance and calculating the scale comprises: identifying a measurement point to which a distance is measured by the laser distance meter in one or more images that are not associated with the respective distance; and determining three-dimensional coordinates of the measurement point by means of forward intersection.