I was speaking with the U.S.Postal Service (USPS) Historian, an apparently likely resource for "ancient" information such as 1980 zipcodes. She has had a tough time selling the idea of keeping old records, such as 1980 zipcodes, to her management. I said that the USPS could possibly sell this information, and the USPS costs would be minimal. Something like a web/ftp site where you give them your VISA number and they'll email/ftp you the file. (After all, how much space could a tab-text file with several columns take. They could have a single file with column One containing zipcodes (all numbers 00000 to 99999), and 2 columns for lat/longs every five or ten years (1970lat, 1970long; 1980lat, 1980long; 1990lat, 1990long; etc.).) I told her I'd post a message on the list to ask if anyone would be interested in such a file and, aside from free, if it could be sold and for how much. I said that the USPS would need to recognize that zipcodes are more than just things to make delivery of the mail easier for the USPS. I think this woman's ability to sell this idea to her management "may" depend on whether the data could be sold, at least to cover costs. I think she needs help to bolster a position. If you could send me your responses, I will forward them to the USPS Historian. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
