1. A system of remotely measuring the distance between two points in space within a field-of-view, the system comprising: a. a micro-opto-electro-mechanical systems (MOEMS) scanner; b. a rangefinder optically coupled to the MOEMS scanner; c. a user input device; and d. a controller coupled to the user input device, the rangefinder and the scanner; the controller being capable of triggering the rangefinder, directing scanning by the MOEMS scanner, and determining a scan angle between points of interest based on input from a user; wherein the scan angle is the angle formed between first and second laser beams of the MOEMS scanner; wherein the rangefinder determines the distances between system and each of the two points; and wherein the scan angle and the distances determined by the rangefinder are used to calculate the distance between the two points.