A measuring method for determining a measurement position of a probe element 6 can include using a coordinate measuring machine 1 having a base and members that can be moved relative to the base and relative to each other, wherein one of the members, as the probe member TG, comprises a probe element 6, so that the probe element 6 can move freely within a prescribed volume of space, wherein the measurement position is captured by the probe element 6, a measurement variable set is taken by measuring measurement variables linked to a measurement position of the members, wherein the measurement position is determined by a relative location of the members to each other and of at least one of the members to the base, and the measurement position is determined relative to the base.