To provide a data connection apparatus for measuring instruments that is suited in the case of measurement having spread in terms of area and space.

The data collection apparatus comprises an input section 2 for setting information on a plurality of positions for measurement and at the same time instructing the fetching of measurement values, a display section 4 for displaying information on the plurality of set positions and at the same time displaying information for indicating measurement positions to be measured so that it can be identified, a storage section 3 for storing each measurement value corresponding to each measurement position, and a control section 1 for storing measurement values corresponding to measurement positions that are being displayed at the display section 4 so that they can be identified according to a fetching instruction of measurement values by the input section 2.