And you thought Pocket PC route calculation is poor

JamesM · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 14, 2004 Posts: 18

It's pbvious - Bill has bought a couple of ferry companies with the small change he found down the back of the sofa, and has bundled the booking software with the navigation site!

pete252 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 28, 2004 Posts: 5

I think all the above posters have missed the point. Autoroute is a very fine software. Driving in Norway is a difficult =. The funny part is the driving through Belgium HA HA , The fastest route would be - France - Budapest - Minsk - Stockholm - Trondheim. Much less traffic, better driving experience and no snow !!

Laughing

Pete

pete252 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 28, 2004 Posts: 5

But seriously people - what is this all about - or is this just a major glitch ???

Great original post but a major flaw in the software.

Pete

Skippy · Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 4:43 pm Post subject:

Yeah, but this microsoft journey planner is FREE. :o

CoPilot charge you 130 quid for the privilege of producing routes like the one from London to Dublin. It takes you up to Stranraer in Scotland, over to Belfast and then down to Dublin. A 584 mile journey rather than 336 miles via Holyhead. Rolling Eyes

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Leeus · Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 7:58 pm Post subject:

Its not free if you have spent money on AutoRoute 2005!

woodchip · Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 10:04 am Post subject:

This is the special taxi drivers edition !! Laughing

Wolfman62 · Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 7:13 pm Post subject:

My wife finds nothing wrong with the route. Laughing

SimonCatlin · Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 5:11 pm Post subject:

Just done this and I need another box of Klennex as I cannot stop laughing.. At least you can have a drink when doing this trip.. All those nights aboard a ferry..
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JohnGray · Regular Visitor Joined: Nov 22, 2004 Posts: 76

gingernut777 · Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 8:26 pm Post subject:

this is caused by Norway being so far north, the "Angel of the North" is affecting the magnectic north pole. Thus the GPS satellites see Norway nearer to Newcastle, than previously thought. So, if they turn the "Angel of the North" 90 degrees, eastward, this should put Norway back where it belongs.

Rolling Eyes

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SimonCatlin · Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 9:35 am Post subject:

gingernut777 · Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 1:14 pm Post subject:

aliendad · Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 7:00 pm Post subject: norway via england

has anyony tried the route to see if it works?

ha ha

Mojo · Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 12:49 pm Post subject:

So that's why everytime dads say "I know a shortcut", the rest of the family all shout "noooooo.....!" :D
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Zeena · Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:10 pm Post subject:

Welcome to Norway...

I read a similar article about this error for over a year ago. This has obviously not been fixed yet.

There actually is missing a part of E134 between Røldal and Haukelidgrend, witch would be a natural part of the route. Maybe that’s where this piece of software gets its hiccups.
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