The following list compiles excellent anthropometric resources for use by individuals new to anthropometry and for those with significant anthropometric knowledge.
- ANSUR
- Anthropometric Survey of US Army Personnel (ANSUR 2 or ANSUR II)
- Published internally in 2012. Publicly available 2017.
- Most comprehensive publicly available data set on body size and shape.
- Includes 93 measures for over 6,000 adult US military personnel (4,082 men and 1,986 women).
- Not an approximation of the US Civilian population.
- Useful information – however designs & standards based on data will not accommodate most user populations.
- https://www.openlab.psu.edu/ansur2/
- CAESAR (Civilian American and European Surface Anthropometry Resource):
- WEAR
- Group of interested experts involved in application of anthropometric data for design purposes.
- Subscription service
- Provides access to over 68 datasets – body measurements for more than 127,980 subjects
- Access to CAESAR & ANSUR I data. https://bodysizeshape.com/
- HFES Virtual Fit Test (VFT) Anthropometry Tool
- SizeUK
- Consortium of 16 major UK Clothing Retailers, leading academic institutions and the UK Government.
- Survey of UK adult population
- 3D whole body scanners
- Data used to update UK size charts
- http://www.size.org/
- Size USA
- Leading apparel brands sponsored SizeUSA
- Scanned subjects in 12 US cities.
- Over 10,000 subjects
- Over 200 standard measurements
- https://www.tc2.com/size-usa.html
- PEOPLESIZE:
- Developed by ‘Open Ergonomics’ company.
- Dataset uses a large number of original survey datasets in combination.
- Dataset: 291 different measurements; 9 nationalities; 9 adult age groups; child & infant data.
- https://www.openerg.com/psz/index.html
