[rescue] zipcode distance calcs

James Lockwood rescue at sunhelp.org
Wed Aug 22 21:41:06 CDT 2001


Sorry, I deleted the original message, but I wanted to mention that you
can get zip code to lat/long translation data for free from the U.S.
Census:

http://ftp.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places.html

Take a look at the "Zip Code by State" file, it's comma delimited and
includes some very handy information.  Obviously you can't get a
completely accurate picture of travel time just by the distance as the
crow flies, but it may be a good enough approximation to work.

-James

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