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