Abstract: With the instrument management of the Surveying and Mapping Laboratory of the Department of Surveying and Mapping Engineering of Chengdu University of Technology as an example, the paper first introduces the development phases of laboratory management, from manual registration to semi-manual registration and digital management, and discusses the challenges of these instrument management methods. On this basis, the relevant strategies for the management of surveying instruments in the context of “Internet +” are proposed, and the relevant functional module diagrams and some renderings are shown. The method not only facilitates the instrument management, but also increases the time for students to operate the instruments and raises their interest in the instruments.