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Subject: Re: OT - zipcode files
From: Mel Patrick <mel at wabbitwanch dot net>
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:31:00 -0800
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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:
> 
>> I¹ve been working on my own stuff for a couple of days and I found 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 don¹t have ALL the cities, but I have a good smattering of them. 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 you¹d like.
>> 
>> Might even save someone some time...:-)
>> 
>> Mel


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