The invention relates to a perimetric method for measuring a visual field of an eye, carried out with an ophthalmological device, particularly a perimeter or similar device, and an apparatus for data processing provided with a data base, wherein the data base includes data sets of visual fields, wherein a retina of the eye is divided into points that represent the visual field, wherein the points of the retina are exposed to optical stimuli of a defined intensity, wherein a reaction to a stimulus is calculated as a measurement result, wherein at least two predefined points are measured, wherein the predefined points each lie in anatomically independent nerve fiber regions and are in a statistically significant relation to each other, wherein a visual field of the eye is derived from the measurement results and the data sets.