Sat-nav to save the environment

A mildly-interesting BBC News article on proposed uses for the up-and-coming Galileo satellite system developed by the European Union and the European Space Agency. The system should be fully-operational by 2008, hopefully operating with "complementarity" with the existing GPS and GLONASS systems, and promises sub-meter real-time accuracy (Note: I'm not sure how, but it's certainly do-able).
The BBC article highlights an application for shared electric cars that could be located online, picked up and dropped off anywhere. I just got here so I don't know whether this has already been discussed for programs like the Bay Area's City Car Share program, but it seems like a natural direction (even without sub-meter GPS).

Planet Geospatial

James Fee (of www.spatiallyadjusted.com) has compiled a list of over 60 blogs, all of which are GIS related. Sort of the 'crème de la crop' if you ask me. You can subscribe to any of them with the click of a button. You can even subscribe to his own feed and receive just the headliners from all of the above. For more info., check out planet.spatiallyadjusted.com. cheers

Google Maps Mash-ups

There's an article in the NYTimes today about the profusion of sites employing the Google Maps API. They also include a link to Google Maps Mania, a blog chronicling said profusion.

Computer Resource Specialist for GIIF

For those of you who are not aware, CNR has hired on a computer resource specialist, me, for the GIIF. My name is Abe and you can find me in Mulford Hall 111, or in cyberspace at ahendric@nature.berkeley.edu. I am very interested in what everybody's thoughts and/or expectations are for the new facility. Any comments, questions, or suggestions would be much appreciated. I am excited about working with all of you, so feel free to drop me a line if we have not already met.

The Kelly Lab Blog

Hi all. This is the first post on the Kelly Lab Blog. You all know what a blog is, right? Short for 'web log,' sort of the bastard child of diaries, forums, bathroom walls, and newsletters. Our blog is for posting news and links about GIS, remote sensing, ecology, web mapping, or anything you think the rest of the lab might be interested in. You can post by going to kellylab.berkeley.edu/blog/post. For those of you that don't know any HTML, you can link text like this: <a href="http://www.berkeley.edu">linked text</a> which creates linked text or you can select the text and use the handy dandy link button above the text area. Anyway, if anyone has any feature requests or wants to to use a different theme (or develop and theme, or modify a theme), please let me know.