(sigh... that's a second in a week, isn't it?)
3D mode always rotates the map.2D mode is always North-up.
why yes, yes it is.... hell i like you already
anyway no no, when in 3d mode my little arow goes around the roads and stuff, and in 2d mode the map rotates around my stationary arrow, but my 2d is ugly as sin with an all green screen with red and purple roads, it looks like it was created from a 80's ibm computer.....