1. The symposiumThe41stInternationalBinghamtonGeomorphologySymposium(BGS)was hosted by the USC Geography Department at the University ofSouth Carolina (USC), Columbia from October 15th to 17th, 2010. TheBGS was convened to address the applications and capabilities ofmodern mapping technology and geospatial analyses to geomorphicscience. The scientific basis for generating and understanding moderndigital geomorphic mapping (DGM) was examined. For the sake of thesymposium,theconceptofDGMwasinterpretedbroadlytoextendwellbeyondstatictwo-andthree-dimensionaldigitalrepresentations.DGMis used here to include three-dimensionally distributed geo-referenceddatabases, the capabilities of dynamic visualization and virtual reality,remote sensing technologies and applications, geomorphometry anddigital terrain modeling, landscape evolution models and othergeospatial modeling systems, information-extraction technologies,and a variety of other modern subfields.No previous BGS has specifically addressed the topic of geomor-phic mapping and modern geospatial techniques. Nor, to ourknowledge, has any other dedicated geomorphic conference. Thetime seemed right, therefore, for an integration and synthesis in thisfield. The need for standardized DGM data structures, tools, analyticalprotocols, visualization symbology, and reporting errors is growingrapidly as data and analytical systems proliferate. Digital systems thatprovide data and tools for geomorphic analysis and visualization,which may be referred to as geomorphic decision support systems(GDSS), are becoming more common. Even more common are broad-baseddecision-supportsystems(DSS)andspatialdataclearinghousesthat provide geomorphic data and analytical software along with