On 4/16/05, Scott Gifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jeff Kolber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > How are sites doing the search by zip and coming up with results within x
> > miles?  Is there some OSS zip code download that has been created for this?
> 
> The ones I'm familiar with use this:
> 
>     http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/zip1999.html
> 
> [...]
> 
> > I would be interested, anyone have insights into doing  with Canadian
> > Zip Codes or otherwise optimizing a database of Canadian Zip Codes?
> 
> I looked into this a few months back (for a very similar project,
> actually) and found many places offering Canadian postal code
> databases, but none for free.  If you already have the database, I
> don't see why optimizing it would be any different than for American
> postal codes.
> 
> ----ScottG.
> 

Just that there are supposedly 650,000+ canadian codes. Makes you want
to do whatever your doing in an optimal way.

Jeff Kolber

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