Maybe Not the Trip You Wanted

It should be easy to get from city A in Norway to city B in Norway, especially if you’re using mapping software –like MapPoint– that will give you directons, right? Maybe not. In fact, maybe you should pack a passport, some spare clothes, and get a vacination. Why, you ask? Last time somebody tried that, MapPoint charted a route for them that went south to England, west to Germany, north to Sweden, and then sort of east up to the end point of choice –roughly 13x longer than the direct route north would have been. Click the image to see the route. Blind faith in technology? Maybe not if you live in Norway and use MapPoint (which is a Microsoft product, isn’t it?).