Expanded Application of GIS/GPS When I started my GEO 215 class I was quite unsure exactly what we would be talking about. First thing that came to mind was maps, then it was on different areas in the world, then how different cultures survive and adapt to different areas etc. So my mind began wondering down this Geography journey. So once I got the first assignment about the Expanded Application if GIS and GPS, I was stomped. So of course that's exactly where I started my research. First thing I looked up was what is GIS or Graphic Information Systems. "A GIS combines visual data concerning information about shapes, sizes, and locations that can be analyzed" (Wikipedia 2016). A GPS also known as global positioning system uses satellites to pinpoint locations and give directions to other places by using satellites that orbit the the earth. So the more I read the more I realized how these two tools play a major role in Geography. Geography gives visualization to the world around us and helps identify different types of environments and our relation to their development. When you bring these two types of geographical tools together you will be able have to analyze information to let you know the unknowns of the world. For instance when you get the information from you GIS or GPS or can tell you if there is traffic ahead or if the weather is bad or if there is a river ahead. We use GIS and GPS all around the world. The satellites help share the collected information all over the world. The navigation system we sometimes use in our cars is a combination of the GIS and GPS. GIS provides the visual display of a street map, and the GPS will collect the street information from satellites. Geography is the study of the of all physical and human things at any one place. It has the ability to show interactions in places using shapes, form, and patterns while using the tools GIS and GPS to show information from larger spaces. Geography is composed of two subfields, human geography and physical geography. Human geography is a study of human activities like cultural, political, and religious behaviors etc.... While physical geography is more about the study of the characteristics of physical environment. These two subfields are related and have major effect on each other. Human survival relies on air, water, and food. When natural disasters occur it can gave an effect on alot things like so have influences on climate, air, water and food . Natural Disasters have the power to shift land, take lives and change climates. Sometimes these natural disasters don't happen where there is mass civilization or technology. This is where the GIS and GPS comes into play. The satellites that orbit world catch all these natural disasters and climate change and the send the data over to the GIS and GPS who informed that maybe a climate change is heading out way or whatever. I think the GIS and GPS are amazing tools that should be implemented in everyone's life. Now most phones have a GPS but not a GIS. So I believe the till itself should be solar powered just in case a natural disaster happen that didn't allow us to use wifi or even electricity. That year happen in the post my area were all the electricity was down for a week. Nothing worked including cell phones. I am currently going to school to become a social worker. I know plenty ways that the GPS could come in handy as far as going to different meetings and what not. But during a time of natural disaster I think we should be trained on how to survive doing our job without electronics. I believe both tools will be helpful. With or without electronics social workers will still need be there to help so I think we should be trained in it. Currently there isn't any training in my field for such tools. I believe if the natural disaster hit social workers would not be prepared with the knowledge to use these tools. In the event of global warming effecting some iceberg thousands of miles away I feel we should have access our the ability to the tools that help with that. I believe alot of people aren't interested in what's going because it doesn't effect then but if you give then these tools and actually shows them hope it is a ripple effect on everyone on the planet they may adapt and learn.