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Re: OT - zipcode files

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Subject: Re: OT - zipcode files
From: Giovanni <rbml at alphaview dot com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:56:42 -0800
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By the way I am interested and thank you!!!

Giovanni
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On Jan 30, 2008, at 3:31 PM, Mel Patrick <mel at wabbitwanch dot net> wrote:

> Now a while back I could have used something like that with all those
> lats/longs. But that was a while back.
>
> I just use the zips for weather info retrievals. Accurate enough for  
> that...
>
> Mel
>
>> At one point, I had a listing of (nearly) all US zip codes, the  
>> cities and
>> states to which they belong, and the latitude and longitude for  
>> that zip. I
>> used that for a project in which I calculated the distance between  
>> two zips.
>>
>> The problem with zip codes is that they don't have a 1:1 mapping.  
>> Larger
>> cities have multiple zip codes, sometimes two or more small cities  
>> may share
>> the same zip code, and there's even a loose correlation where the  
>> USPS sees
>> a zip code and while it technically doesn't belong to a particular  
>> city,
>> it's valid enough for delivery.
>>
>>
>> -Adam
>> dingostick.com
>>
>> On Jan 30, 2008 4:35 PM, Mel Patrick <mel at wabbitwanch dot net> wrote:
>>
>>> I’ve been working on my own stuff for a couple of days and I fou 
>>> nd I
>>> needed
>>> a listing of some US cities along with their zip codes. Which I  
>>> found in
>>> bits and pieces all over the web.
>>>
>>> I don’t have ALL the cities, but I have a good smattering of the 
>>> m. Alabama
>>> has 485, California has 998 and so on.
>>>
>>> Hence if anyone is looking for a state by state listing of zip  
>>> codes,
>>> including city and county, just email me direct. Be happy to share  
>>> the
>>> text
>>> files I have assembled.
>>>
>>> Some cities apparently have multiple zip codes, I can include  
>>> those too.
>>> Just have to kind of let me know what you’d like.
>>>
>>> Might even save someone some time...:-)
>>>
>>> Mel
>
>
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