On 6 August 2026, Full and Affiliate members of the UK Land & Hydrographic Survey Association, long known as The Survey Association or TSA, voted to change the Association’s name to the Geospatial Survey Association (GSA). Companies House formally approved the change in early September.
The Association brings together professionals across the full breadth of geospatial surveying, and members felt that the new name – Geospatial Survey Association – reflects who the Association’s members are, what they do and the value that members bring to every project with which they are involved.
Websites, email addresses, social media profiles and promotional items are all being updated, ready for the GSA Conference & Awards on 6 November 2026.
A national marketing campaign to promote The Geospatial Accord has been launched, setting out the need, the vision and the ‘why’ behind the campaign. The Accord builds on the Assoiciation’s event in March and months of discovery work, first developed under the working title of the Unity Charter. It starts with a simple question to ponder: what would happen if geospatial surveyors stopped tomorrow?
Every building, road, bridge, railway, utility network and major infrastructure or natural world project begins with certainty. That means certainty about what is there, what can be built, and what is safe, viable and true. That certainty starts with geospatial surveyors. Yet too often, their expertise stays invisible, comes in too late, or is bought on price rather than value.
The Geospatial Accord is a powerful collective commitment to put geospatial surveying at the heart of the UK’s future, bringing organisations together to:
- Strengthen standards and specifications;
- Secure earlier professional involvement;
- Improve procurement practices;
- Raise recognition of qualified geospatial professionals;
- Build a stronger future skills pipeline.
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