> This is great. Just wondering why "Get Zip Codes" does not show all zip > code numbers inside the map? Is this tool available for purchase? > > It's not available but with a little ingenuity (and a Zip Code shapefile), you could recreate it yourself.
-John Coryat > On Thursday, August 9, 2012 1:37:48 AM UTC-4, John Coryat wrote: >> >> I like mine better... >> >> http://maps.huge.info/zipcolors.htm >> >> This is actually quite simple to accomplish. You'll need a database of >> geocoded Zip Codes, not the polygons (except if you want to paint them on a >> map), just the centroids. A reasonable database will cost about $200. Be >> wary of free ones. >> >> Once you have the database, it's a simple matter of running through the >> table, compute distance from the target Zip Code centroid to the centroids >> of other ZIp Codes and pick out the ones that fall within the distance >> criteria. The Haversine formula will give you that distance. It's pretty >> easy to code in virtually any language. >> >> If you have Postgresql, it's really, really easy. >> >> That's all there is to it. >> >> -John Coryat >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API V2" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to google-maps-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
