Do you trust Virtual Maps?

pettsy · Post by **pettsy** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 7:35 pm

Try this....

1. go to http://mappoint.msn.com/DirectionsFind.aspx

2. Choose Address In="Norway" and City="haugesund" for start

3. Choose Address In="Norway" and City="trondheim" for finish

Petrified · Post by **Petrified** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 7:42 pm

Excellent! Well done Microsoft!

Funny thing is it works if you do it the other way around

I like the
"Merge onto A1 for 244.7 miles"

Total Distance: 1685.9 Miles
Estimated Total Time: 47 hours, 31 minutes

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 8:07 pm

ye, its called a detour

metz · Post by **metz** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 9:52 pm

Don't fancy the long drive through the ocean.

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 9:54 pm

Hah!

Lovely

I pity the fool who unwittingly follows those directions

metz · Post by **metz** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:02 pm

i'm sure autoroute 2004 uses the same database..i always end up lost following its advise.

ttaw2 · Post by **ttaw2** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:03 pm

is that the scenic route then?

Which roads do you prefer
a) motorway
b)a road
c)ocean floor
d)b road

Maye there's a tunnel between us and norway that no-one has mentioned?

13twelve · Post by **13twelve** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 10:33 am

the register is doing a bunch of these

does make you laugh though

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 2:04 am

autoroute can offer some alarming cock-ups from time to time. always pays to proof-read any directions it gives you (or have them just as a GTA-type "arrow guide" with a real map as backup) and occasionally iron out inexplicable boo-boos with a half ton of micro-managed "stops" (waypoints/vias).

13twelve · Post by **13twelve** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 12:45 pm

register follow up link

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/28 ... ll_at_sea/

Post by **mole** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 1:39 pm

What's all this driving through the ocean business, isn't there a ferry that runs accross?

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 11:54 am

thats probably how it notes it - take ferry from oslo to harwich or something