The invention relates to a method for determining the position and / or orientation of tools of construction machines in a construction area, comprising the steps of: attaching at least one
stereo camera to at least one construction
machine or to a movable carrier, such that the
stereo camera can detect at least one detection region within the construction area, preferably a working region of the construction
machine, providing at least one reference point, the position of which is known relative to a predefined 3D world coordinate
system and which can be recognised in the images of the
stereo camera, in the detection region of the at least one stereo camera, calibrating the at least one stereo camera on the basis of the detection of the at least one reference point and
triangulation in order to ascertain a transformation between the 3D world coordinate
system and a 2D image coordinate
system of the at least one stereo camera, preparing a virtual digital 3D
terrain model of the construction area by means of
digital image processing, in particular
stereoscopy, and image recognition on the basis of the detection of the construction area by means of the at least one stereo camera, and representing predetermined working positions and detected actual tool positions and / or actual tool inclinations of the tool of the at least one construction
machine in the virtual digital 3D
terrain model.