Abstract: The invention relates to a method for displaying free and preferably also occupied parking space regions on a display device, wherein at least one camera supplies image indications of parking space regions. The geographic coordinates of a car park area located in the visual range of the camera are stored in a recognition unit. On the basis of the image indications, the recognition unit assigns each of the parking space regions inside the car park area a respective occupation status that indicates whether a respective parking space region is free or occupied. The recognition unit calculates the dimensions of a free parking space region at least in the longitudinal direction thereof (“size value”) from the supplied image indications.