This part of ISO 12858 specifies the most important requirements of telescopic tripods for surveying instruments and the connection between instrument and tripod.
The requirements in this part of ISO 12858 enable instruments and tripods of different manufacturers to be joined to one another, without prejudicing their performance and their usefulness.
This part of ISO 12858 is applicable to tripods which are used for levels, theodolites, tacheometers, GPS equipment, EDM instruments and in combination with targets, reflectors, antennae, etc.
ISO 12858-2:1999 Referenced Document
ISO 2768-1 General tolerances; part 1: tolerances for linear and angular dimensions without individual tolerance indications
ISO 9849 Optics and optical instruments — Geodetic and surveying instruments — Vocabulary*, 2017-07-31 Update
ISO 12858-2:1999 history
2020ISO 12858-2:2020 Optics and optical instruments — Ancillary devices for geodetic instruments — Part 2: Tripods
2013ISO 12858-2:1999/Amd 1:2013 Optics and optical instruments.Ancillary devices for geodetic instruments.Part 2: Tripods; Amendment 1
1999ISO 12858-2:1999 Optics and optical instruments - Ancillary devices for geodetic instruments - Part 2: Tripods