August 18, 2008

Before Microsoft Came to Be….

Filed under: General — spiro @ 7:43 pm

Like everyone else probably, I am considering other options to commute to work. Biking seems to be a very attractive option, since I only live like 5 miles away, but in this part of the country, you must pay attention to the hills. So, a coworker gave me a site basted on google maps that computes the elevation given a trajectory:


http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/

But I have doubts as to the reliability of that data, so I decided to check out some topographic maps on the web. Topographic maps feature contour lines, which are pretty accurate indicators of elevation


http://www.digital-topo-maps.com/

Thing is, that stuff’s from way back! Centering this on Bellevue and Redmond, you see so much has changed!

Topographic Map of the Microsoft Campus

Topographic Map of the Microsoft Campus