When was the last time you got lost? Was this the result of human error or technological error? Or both? Last year, a news station in Indonesia broadcast a story about an Indonesian groom who went to the wrong wedding and almost married the wrong woman because of an error by Google Maps. It appears that this was an arranged marriage, so the prospective bride and groom did not realize the mistake. Family members from the two families discovered the mistake as they chatted before the wedding. Fortunately, the wedding never took place and both families handled the situation gracefully. (1)

GPS technology gets a bad rap sometimes, but there are some of us who can’t do without it. A few years ago, a man in Australia accidentally drove 400 miles away from his intended destination because wouldn…