Bureau International des Poids et Mesures Ensures world-wide uniformity of measurements and their traceability to the International System of Units (SI). Includes scientific work, publications, the metre convention, meetings, committee reports and contacts at Sèvres, France. http://www.bipm.fr/en/home/

Coordinate Measurement Systems Committee International group of close tolerance, industrial measurement specialists, users and manufacturers of alignment systems, targeting hardware, electronic theodolites, photogrammetry / videogrammetry systems, laser radar and trackers. Includes details of conference at Greenville, South Carolina. http://www.cmsc.org/

Czech Metrological Institute National metrological body active in fundamental metrology, calibration of measuring instruments, type approvals of legal measuring instruments, and their verification and inspection. Contacts for laboratories throughout the republic, from Prague. http://www.cmi.cz/

Eindhoven University of Technology The Precision Engineering section of the Faculty of Mechanical engineering. Research activities, educational programs, measurement facilities, staff profiles and contacts in The Netherlands. http://pe.wtb.tue.nl

Metrology Research Institute Research in measurement areas of physics, fiber-optics and electronics. Includes details of courses, PhD degree, calibration services, staff profiles and contacts at Helsinki University of Technology, Finland. http://metrology.hut.fi/

Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements Promotes a common European measurement system in support of EU policies, especially internal market, environment, health and consumer protection standards. Includes events, facilities and contacts in Geel, Belgium. http://www.irmm.jrc.be/

International Organization of Legal Metrology Established to promote the global harmonization of legal metrology procedures. Includes overview of certificate system, publications for purchase, meetings, partipating regional and internal organizations, member login, contacts in Paris, France. http://www.oiml.org/

Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale Galileo Ferraris Public institution engaged in research on determination of fundamental physical constants, maintenance and comparison, and development of new reference standards and measurement techniques. Emphasis on primary standards for SI units for time and frequency, electromagnetic, photometric and acoustic quantities in Torino, Italy. http://www.ien.it/

Joint Nordic Organization for Promoting Technical Testing Intergovernmental organization that furthers testing and measurement activity in the Nordic countries. Includes catalog, downloadable articles and contacts for secretariat in Espoo, Finland. http://www.nordtest.org/

National Office of Measures History, related organizations, and news from the central governing, supervisory and controlling authority of legal metrology in Hungary. http://www.omh.hu/ENGLISH/INDEX.HTM

Southern African Development Community Organization for multinational standardization, quality assurance, accreditation and metrology program, formed in 1980, following the adoption of the Lusaka Declaration, with headquarters in Gaborone, Botswana. http://www.sadc-sqam.org/

Center for Precision Metrology Graduate programs, affiliations, alumnus, related links and laboratory facilities and contacts at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. http://www.cpm.uncc.edu/

National Institute of Metrology Laboratories with departments of chemical, dimension, electrical and mechanical metrology in Thailand. http://www.nimt.or.th/nimt_en/index.asp

National Measurement System The National Measurement Act, legal metrology, authorities, trade measurement, training at the National Standards Commission, Australia. http://www.nsc.gov.au/PAGES/Nms/nms.html

National Research Laboratory of Metrology NRLM consists of four research departments, addressing quantum, thermophysical, mechanical metrology and measurement system, located in Tsukuba, Japan. http://www.aist.go.jp/NRLM/english/

Swiss Federal Office for Metrology and Accreditation Activities, accreditation, legal aspects, fields of measurement, definitions of metric, SI, US and UK units. http://www.metas.ch/en/

National Weights and Measures Laboratory The role of the executive agency in type approval, EMC and environmental testing, such as ensuring that micropipette measurement is accurate, fair and legal, for the Department of Trade and Industry, UK. http://www.nwml.gov.uk/

Precise Engineering and Deformation Surveys Group Studies, develops and tests high-precision optical measurement systems. Includes research projects, activities, staff profiles and contacts in Department of Geomatics, University of Calgary, Canada. http://www.geomatics.ucalgary.ca/~teskey/

Measurement Technology National laboratory for most of the measurement quantities of the SI system; electricity, electrical power, optoelectronics, length, geometry, time, mass, force, pressure, volume, flow and temperature, at the Swedish National Testing and Research Institute, Borås, Sweden. http://www.sp.se/metrology/eng/mt.htm

National Measurement System Programme to develop the organisational infrastructure, for biotechnology, length, mass, optical, photonicsmetrology and other ares of analytical science. Contacts for suppliers and Department of Trade and Industry, London, UK. http://www.dti.gov.uk/nms/