Then came the Ardennes.
“It’s a data ghost,” Martin whispered, fascinated. “The map is lying to us because it’s cheaper to tell a lie than store the truth.” TomTom Maps of Western Europe 1GB 960 48
That night, in a Luxembourg hostel, Martin couldn’t sleep. He took the TomTom outside. Under a sky full of real stars, he watched the device search for satellites. The different zoom levels cycled automatically—from a continent-wide blur down to a 50-meter close-up of his own two feet. Then came the Ardennes