ISO 12858-2:2020

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.