Any Free Zip Code Database To Download?

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 > I want to know what zipcodes are within 100M 50M of a zip code I
 > entered. I need this on my own server not going to some website to
 > query. Need this info for testing a matching service.

US?

How about the official database from the US Census of 2000... is that good
enough?

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html</a>


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not free

 > Wow wrote:
 >
  > > I want to know what zipcodes are within 100M 50M of a zip code I
entered. I
  > > need this on my own server not going to some website to query. Need this
  > > info for testing a matching service.
 >
 > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.afd.co.uk/zipaddress.asp" target="_blank">http://www.afd.co.uk/zipaddress.asp</a> ?
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 > "Wow" <a DeleteThis @alexa.com> wrote in
 > news:liJMc.1209921$Ar.904329@twister01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com:
 >
  > > I want to know what zipcodes are within 100M 50M of a zip code I
  > > entered. I need this on my own server not going to some website to
  > > query. Need this info for testing a matching service.
 >
 > US?
 >
 > How about the official database from the US Census of 2000... is that good
 > enough?
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html</font" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html</font</a>>
 >

thanks. now i can calculate the disstance based based the zip and Latitude
to make my local classlified ad works.

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 > US?
 >
 > How about the official database from the US Census of 2000... is that good
 > enough?
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html</font" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html</font</a>>
 >

I have to ask you another question: What is the distance between?
NH03060 42.748888 -71.464926
NH03062 42.724822 -71.492388

(42.748888-42.724822)^2+(71.464926-71.492388)^2)^(1/2)*X
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Wow wrote:
 >
  > > US?
  > >
  > > How about the official database from the US Census of 2000... is that good
  > > enough?
  > >
<font color=green>  > > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html</font" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html</font</a>>
  > >
 >
 > I have to ask you another question: What is the distance between?
 > NH03060 42.748888 -71.464926
 > NH03062 42.724822 -71.492388
 >
 > (42.748888-42.724822)^2+(71.464926-71.492388)^2)^(1/2)*X
 > What is X here?



It's more complicated than that. 1 minute of latitude is always one
nautical mile. However, 1 minute of longitude is a nautical mile only
at the equator. At the poles it is 0. You have to take this into
consideration, also.

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"Wow" <a DeleteThis @alexa.com> wrote in message
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  > > US?
  > >
  > > How about the official database from the US Census of 2000... is that
good
  > > enough?
  > >
<font color=green>  > > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html</font" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html</font</a>>
  > >
 >
 > I have to ask you another question: What is the distance between?
 > NH03060 42.748888 -71.464926
 > NH03062 42.724822 -71.492388
 >
 > (42.748888-42.724822)^2+(71.464926-71.492388)^2)^(1/2)*X
 > What is X here?
 >

Completely irrelevant, because your formula assumes that the Earth is flat
and that lat / long are rectangular co-ordinates (they're "spherical polar
co-ordinates", if you're interested). To save you some work, the formula you
need is:

r * arccos(sin(lat1)sin(lat2) + cos(lat1)cos(long2)cos(long1-long2))

Where r is the radius of the Earth (approx 3963.1 miles).

You need to make sure your programming language of choice is working in the
same angle measurement as the lat / long inputs. Many use radians by
default, while most lat / long figures are quoted in degrees. To convert, if
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Wow wrote:

 > not free

Never said it was.

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Rob wrote:
 >
 > r * arccos(sin(lat1)sin(lat2) + cos(lat1)cos(long2)cos(long1-long2))
 >
Shouldnt that be:

r * arccos(sin(lat1)sin(lat2) + cos(lat1)cos(lat2)cos(long1-long2))
^^^^
???

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"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex.DeleteThis@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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 > Rob wrote:
  > >
  > > r * arccos(sin(lat1)sin(lat2) + cos(lat1)cos(long2)cos(long1-long2))
  > >
 > Shouldnt that be:
 >
 > r * arccos(sin(lat1)sin(lat2) + cos(lat1)cos(lat2)cos(long1-long2))
 > ^^^^
 > ???
 >

You're right, it should - thanks for the correction.

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We used commercial database from <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.zipcodeworld.com." target="_blank">http://www.zipcodeworld.com.</a> It is
being updated every month.

Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex.DeleteThis@attglobal.net> wrote in message news:<41053DC4.DF3.DeleteThis@attglobal.net>...
 > Wow wrote:
  > >
   > > > US?
   > > >
   > > > How about the official database from the US Census of 2000... is that good
   > > > enough?
   > > >
<font color=brown>   > > > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html</font" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html</font</a>>
   > > >
  > >
  > > I have to ask you another question: What is the distance between?
  > > NH03060 42.748888 -71.464926
  > > NH03062 42.724822 -71.492388
  > >
  > > (42.748888-42.724822)^2+(71.464926-71.492388)^2)^(1/2)*X
  > > What is X here?
 >
 >
 >
 > It's more complicated than that. 1 minute of latitude is always one
 > nautical mile. However, 1 minute of longitude is a nautical mile only
 > at the equator. At the poles it is 0. You have to take this into
 > consideration, also.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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