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Images: Mystery tech HQs identified

By // July 18, 2006, 8:43 AM PST // billdetwiler

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  • So how did you do?

    Here are the answers to our challenge, in which we asked readers to identify the tech company headquarters in 10 satellite pictures from Google Earth.

    Here's the first: The company seen here is Microsoft, which is listed at One Microsoft Way, #Bldg 8, North Office 2211, Redmond, WA 98052.

    Google Earth

  • The company in this clutch of towers is Amazon.com, based at 1200 12TH Ave S, Suite 1200, Seattle, WA 98144.

    Google Earth

  • The business with this nice, regular layout is Intel, headquartered at 2200 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95052.

    Google Earth

  • Organic outline, fan-shape building layout--it's got to be Oracle, based at 500 Oracle Pkwy, Redwood City, CA 94065.

    Google Earth

  • Sun Microsystems has this campus ringed by traffic circles, at 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, CA 95054.

    Google Earth

  • Lots of parking for the employees of Cisco Systems, at 170 West Tasman Dr., San Jose, CA 95134-1706.

    Google Earth

  • Yahoo's campus has well-watered greens crisscrossed by paths. It's at 701 First Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94089.

    Google Earth

  • Here, covered walkways let Google's workers go from building to building at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043.

    Google Earth

  • Lots and lots and lots of parking for workers at Dell's plant and offices, at One Dell Way, Round Rock, TX 78682.

    Google Earth

  • Apple Computer's layout includes huge curved windows and circular lawns. It's at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 95014.

    Google Earth

So how did you do?

Here are the answers to our challenge, in which we asked readers to identify the tech company headquarters in 10 satellite pictures from Google Earth.

Here's the first: The company seen here is Microsoft, which is listed at One Microsoft Way, #Bldg 8, North Office 2211, Redmond, WA 98052.

Google Earth

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