A Federal agency (for now, nameless) publishes a dataset D, with the help of a private contractor, who has used a contractually restricted zip code database Z to implement the locator services for D -- enter a zip code in a form field and you get back the applicable entries from D.
I want that service or that data for my work, but can't use it now because of the restriction in distribution of Z. I guess my only option is to get only D, which, I am assuming, is public domain, and integrate a zip code lookup service into it myself. Which brings me to the question -- where can I get a public domain or freely usable zip code db/map? -- Puneet Kishor http://www.punkish.org Carbon Model http://carbonmodel.org Charter Member, Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org Science Commons Fellow, http://sciencecommons.org/about/whoweare/kishor Nelson Institute, UW-Madison http://www.nelson.wisc.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Assertions are politics; backing up assertions with evidence is science ======================================================================= Sent from Chicago, IL, United States _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
