INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

GIS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS

capture, manage, analyze,

and display geographic information/data

(often layered on maps)

GISUSED FOR:PLANNING SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, MEDICAL FACILITIESMAPPING CRIMELOCATING SEX OFFENDER HOMES

GPS GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM

SATELLITE-BASED NAVIGATION/LOCATION

GPS

USED TO TRACK:ANIMALSCARS, BOATS SUSPECTED CRIMINALSCONVICTED CRIMINALSSTUDENTS WITH EXCESSIVE ABSENCES

INTERNET

SOCIAL MEDIA

TECHNOLOGY MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND*OWN IT – DON’T LET IT OWN YOU!

ARAB SPRING

Rulers have been forced from power in TUNISIA, EGYPT (twice), LIBYA, and YEMEN.

Civil uprisings have erupted in BAHRAIN and SYRIA.Major protests have broken out in ALGERIA, IRAQ,

JORDAN, KUWAIT, MOROCCO, and SUDAN.Minor protests have occurred in MAURITANIA,

OMAN, SAUDI ARABIA, DJIBOUTI, and WESTERN SAHARA