But after bloggers pointed out holes in Nordenankar's claim, DHL confirmed to the Telegraph that the artwork was an "entirely fictional project".

A spokeswoman said they had allowed him to film in their Stockholm warehouse as part of a college project, on the understanding that the work went no further than his art school. The GPS package was never sent around the world.

DHL now intends to contact Nordenankar to get him to clarify the origins of his work on his website.

PINPOINT ACCURACY: CNN was reporting on the huge tornado that ripped through Windsor, Colo., days ago when a reporter demonstrated how Google Earth makes it possible to zoom right in on the area that took the hit.

The eye in the sky showed the United States, then focused more and more tightly until there on the camera was an aerial view of the firehouse in Windsor, our Windsor. Wrong Windsor, but still very cool.

Newspapers remain the richest source of news and information, both current and archived, in any locality. For every journalist on staff at a mid-size daily, I'll wager there are at least 10 data jockeys willing to dive into some aspect of its datastream to create an interesting new map, widget, chart, game, animation, virtual space -- anything that feeds off a rich source of data.