Welcome

Welcome to the Home Page of the Spatial Analysis and Modeling (SAM) specialty group of the American Association of Geographers, formerly known as the Mathematical Modeling & Quantitative Methods specialty group.

SAM actively sponsors many special sessions during the AAG annual meetings. Please click on the link for Events to find out more information. SAM also sponsors student paper competitions at the AAG annual meetings; more details can be found at the Awards page.

Mission

Our mission is to foster and maintain interaction, cooperation and community among individuals interested in the analysis of geo-referenced data, modeling of spatio-temporal processes, and the use of analytical and computational techniques in solving geographic problems. The specialty group promotes the scientific study of physical, environmental, and socioeconomic geography and the development, use, and teaching of analytical cartography, geographic information systems, remote sensing, spatial statistical, mathematical, and computational techniques for spatial analysis.