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ISO/AWI 12858-2

Optics and optical instruments — Ancillary devices for geodetic instruments — Part 2: Tripods

General information

20.00     Jan 23, 2026

ISO

ISO/TC 172/SC 6

International Standard

Scope

This document specifies the most important requirements of telescopic tripods for surveying instruments and the connection between instrument and tripod.
The requirements in this document enable instruments and tripods of different manufacturers to be joined to one another, without prejudicing their performance and their usefulness.
This document is applicable to tripods which are used for levels, theodolites, tacheometers, GPS equipment, EDM instruments and in combination with targets, reflectors, antennae, etc.

Life cycle

PREVIOUSLY

PUBLISHED
ISO 12858-2:2020

NOW

IN_DEVELOPMENT
ISO/AWI 12858-2
20.00 New project registered in TC/SC work programme
Jan 23, 2026