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ISO/TC 172 SC6 Survey Instrument Standards

ISO/TC 172 SC6 provides a comprehensive coverage of standards related to surveying instruments and their accessories including: handheld laser distance meters, levels, theodolites, EDM measurements to reflectors, total stations, GNSS field measurement systems in real-time kinematic (RTK), terrestrial laser scanners etc…

Standards and/or project sunder the direct responsibility of ISO/TC 172/SC 6 Secretariat (17)

ISO 12858 Series Ancillary devices for geodetic instruments

  • ISO 12858-1:2014 Part 1: Invar levelling staffs
  • ISO 12858-2:1999/Amd 1:2013 Part 2: Tripods
  • ISO 12858-3:2005 Part 3: Tribrachs ISO 16331

Series Laboratory procedures for testing surveying and construction instruments

  • ISO 16331-1:2017 Part 1: Performance of handheld laser distance meters
  • ISO 16331-2 Part 2: Terrestrial laser scanner [Under development]

ISO 17123 Field procedures for testing geodetic and surveying instruments

  • ISO 17123-1:2014 Part 1: Theory
  • ISO 17123-2:2001 Part 2: Levels
  •  ISO 17123-3:2001 Part 3: Theodolites
  • ISO 17123-4:2012 Part 4: Electro-optical distance meters (EDM measurements to reflectors)
  • ISO 17123-5:2018 Part 5: Total stations
  • ISO 17123-6:2012 Part 6: Rotating lasers
  • ISO 17123-7:2005 Part 7: Optical plumbing instruments
  • ISO 17123-8:2015 Part 8: GNSS field measurement systems in real-time kinematic (RTK) 4
  • ISO 17123-9:2018 Part 9: Terrestrial laser scanners ISO 9849 Series Geodetic and surveying instruments
  • ISO 9849:2017 Vocabulary

There are 13 participating and 10 observing members of ISO/TC 172 SC6.

For more information, please visit https://www.iso.org/committee/53732.html