1. A method for representing virtual information in a view of a real environment, comprising the steps of: providing at least one virtual object having a global position and orientation with respect to a geographic global coordinate system, together with first pose data permitting a conclusion to be made on the global position and orientation of the virtual object, in a database of a server; taking at least one image of a real environment by means of a mobile device and providing second pose data permitting a conclusion to be made as to at which position and with which orientation with respect to the geographic global coordinate system the image was taken; displaying the image on a display of the mobile device; accessing the virtual object in the database of the server and positioning the virtual object in the image shown on the display on the basis of the first and second pose data; manipulating the virtual object or adding another virtual object by corresponding positioning in the image shown on the display; and providing the manipulated virtual object together with modified first pose data in accordance with the positioning in the image or of the further virtual object together with third pose data in accordance with the positioning in the image in the database of the server, the modified first pose data and third pose data each permitting a conclusion to be made on the global position and orientation of the manipulated or further virtual object.