Precision measurement technology is an important guarantee for product quality in the large equipment manufacturing industry represented by aerospace, aviation and shipbuilding. At present, the traditional single station measurement system represented by laser tracker can no longer meet the requirements of super large space and high efficiency measurement. As a distributed measurement system, workshop Measurement Positioning System has been widely used in the advanced equipment manufacturing industry because of its advantages of good scalability and parallel measurement. The basic sensing mechanism of workshop Measurement Positioning System is described in detail, the key technologies of the whole system are summarized, and the related industrial applications of the workshop Measurement Positioning System are introduced.