Zip Code Search

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Does anyone have any suggestions for a script to create a zip code search?
i.e. Type in a zip code and find "locations" near that zip code. Like you
might find on a big box, chain store website. Thank you.
 
You'll have to buy a product to handle this. To do this you need to
translate zip codes into Latitude and Lognitude. From there, you can compare
the locations and determine distance. The reason this gets pricey is the US
postal service does not give provide the Latitude/Longitude co-ordinates of
zip codes. Instead there are third-party companies that sell this data,
usually fairly expensive. You would then need another database as well that
would include locations for interesting items nearby, such as those found in
a phonebook so that is also data you would need to purchase or at least pay
for each access to it.


Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
 
Hi SonicJ,

You'll need to purchase a lat/long zipcode database then program it locate your stores based upon that zip code. Why a lat /long
database because it allows you to compute the number of miles your away from any given store location. Cost for the database is
around $25-$40.
 
There are plenty of services that do this for a few hundred bucks per year,
or less. For mapping your own locations, a single purchase may be enough to
handle you for quite a few years and a single purchase can be well under $100.

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Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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