If you want US zip codes, get the Census bureau TIGER maps. Each street record includes the zip codes for the the addresses on the left and right side of the street. Eric
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 10:43 AM, P Kishor <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
_______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
