Re: postal code webservice
Turetsky, Seth wrote: Does anyone know a reliable site to lookup zip codes, more specifically I want to look up the difference between two? I googled and saw some, but didn't know how reliable they were. Thanks, Seth Hi Seth, While I don't know of any web service, this article might be helpful: http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/read/154258.htm -- Warm regards, Jordan Michaels Vivio Technologies http://www.viviotech.net/ Blue Dragon Alliance Member [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:247876 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: postal code webservice
By difference, do you mean the distance? I had a zip code database that I found online somewhere that had the lattitude and longitute of each zip code, and I was able to find a fuction to calculate the distance. -Original Message- From: Turetsky, Seth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 11:24 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: postal code webservice Does anyone know a reliable site to lookup zip codes, more specifically I want to look up the difference between two? I googled and saw some, but didn't know how reliable they were. Thanks, Seth == Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html == ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:247877 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: postal code webservice
Yes, I did mean distance. I found a few sites like this: http://webservices.imacination.com/distance/ But never hearing of them, it's hard to include references to them in my app. -Original Message- From: Russ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 11:36 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: postal code webservice By difference, do you mean the distance? I had a zip code database that I found online somewhere that had the lattitude and longitute of each zip code, and I was able to find a fuction to calculate the distance. -Original Message- From: Turetsky, Seth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 11:24 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: postal code webservice Does anyone know a reliable site to lookup zip codes, more specifically I want to look up the difference between two? I googled and saw some, but didn't know how reliable they were. Thanks, Seth == Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html == ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:247878 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: postal code webservice
What do you mean, the difference between the two? Do you mean you'd like to find the distance between the two zip codes? If so, I'd recommend you check out geocoder. http://geocoder.us/help/city_state_zip.shtml you can get the lat/lon for a zip, like this: http://geocoder.us/service/csv/geocode?zip=75034 so if you get it for both zips and then calculate it with the great circle equation, Robert's your father's brother. http://geocoder.us/blog/2006/04/21/calculating-distances/ ** Ken Ferguson 214.636.6126 ** -Original Message- From: Turetsky, Seth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:24 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: postal code webservice Does anyone know a reliable site to lookup zip codes, more specifically I want to look up the difference between two? I googled and saw some, but didn't know how reliable they were. Thanks, Seth == Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html == ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:247879 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
RE: postal code webservice
Hmm, we run all of our addresses to Quick Address Software (QAS) which gives us the latitude and longitude. Then we just do the math on the cooridinates. It is as the crow flys, but it works ok for finding a vendor with x number of miles from the property. ~Brad -Original Message- From: Jordan Michaels [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:35 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: postal code webservice Turetsky, Seth wrote: Does anyone know a reliable site to lookup zip codes, more specifically I want to look up the difference between two? I googled and saw some, but didn't know how reliable they were. Thanks, Seth Hi Seth, While I don't know of any web service, this article might be helpful: http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/read/154258.htm -- Warm regards, ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:247881 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: postal code webservice
Thanks all, I will go this route as well. I've done something similiar with google maps, click one point and then another and it would do this math to calculate the difference. I think I used a different equation though and there was a pretty big margin of error. -seth -Original Message- From: Ken Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 11:59 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: postal code webservice What do you mean, the difference between the two? Do you mean you'd like to find the distance between the two zip codes? If so, I'd recommend you check out geocoder. http://geocoder.us/help/city_state_zip.shtml you can get the lat/lon for a zip, like this: http://geocoder.us/service/csv/geocode?zip=75034 so if you get it for both zips and then calculate it with the great circle equation, Robert's your father's brother. http://geocoder.us/blog/2006/04/21/calculating-distances/ ** Ken Ferguson 214.636.6126 ** == Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html == ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:247890 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: postal code webservice
By the way, if you'd like to nab my code for calling the geocoder service in CF, I've blogged it. www.fergusonhouse.com ** Ken Ferguson 214.636.6126 ** -Original Message- From: Ken Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:59 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: postal code webservice What do you mean, the difference between the two? Do you mean you'd like to find the distance between the two zip codes? If so, I'd recommend you check out geocoder. http://geocoder.us/help/city_state_zip.shtml you can get the lat/lon for a zip, like this: http://geocoder.us/service/csv/geocode?zip=75034 so if you get it for both zips and then calculate it with the great circle equation, Robert's your father's brother. http://geocoder.us/blog/2006/04/21/calculating-distances/ ** Ken Ferguson 214.636.6126 ** -Original Message- From: Turetsky, Seth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:24 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: postal code webservice Does anyone know a reliable site to lookup zip codes, more specifically I want to look up the difference between two? I googled and saw some, but didn't know how reliable they were. Thanks, Seth == Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html == ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:247891 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: postal code webservice
Thanks, I had to urlencode the address though. Note: I'm running on BD -Original Message- From: Ken Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 1:02 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: postal code webservice By the way, if you'd like to nab my code for calling the geocoder service in CF, I've blogged it. www.fergusonhouse.com ** Ken Ferguson 214.636.6126 ** -Original Message- From: Ken Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:59 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: postal code webservice What do you mean, the difference between the two? Do you mean you'd like to find the distance between the two zip codes? If so, I'd recommend you check out geocoder. http://geocoder.us/help/city_state_zip.shtml you can get the lat/lon for a zip, like this: http://geocoder.us/service/csv/geocode?zip=75034 so if you get it for both zips and then calculate it with the great circle equation, Robert's your father's brother. http://geocoder.us/blog/2006/04/21/calculating-distances/ ** Ken Ferguson 214.636.6126 ** -Original Message- From: Turetsky, Seth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:24 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: postal code webservice Does anyone know a reliable site to lookup zip codes, more specifically I want to look up the difference between two? I googled and saw some, but didn't know how reliable they were. Thanks, Seth == Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html == ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:247895 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: postal code webservice
That's a good point though. It's just scratch code that hasn't been cleaned up. I'll need to make sure the information is urlEncoded in the end. Anyway, I hope it'll be useful for you. Thanks, ** Ken Ferguson 214.636.6126 www.fergusonhouse.com -Original Message- From: Turetsky, Seth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 12:14 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: postal code webservice Thanks, I had to urlencode the address though. Note: I'm running on BD -Original Message- From: Ken Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 1:02 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: postal code webservice By the way, if you'd like to nab my code for calling the geocoder service in CF, I've blogged it. www.fergusonhouse.com ** Ken Ferguson 214.636.6126 ** -Original Message- From: Ken Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:59 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: postal code webservice What do you mean, the difference between the two? Do you mean you'd like to find the distance between the two zip codes? If so, I'd recommend you check out geocoder. http://geocoder.us/help/city_state_zip.shtml you can get the lat/lon for a zip, like this: http://geocoder.us/service/csv/geocode?zip=75034 so if you get it for both zips and then calculate it with the great circle equation, Robert's your father's brother. http://geocoder.us/blog/2006/04/21/calculating-distances/ ** Ken Ferguson 214.636.6126 ** -Original Message- From: Turetsky, Seth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:24 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: postal code webservice Does anyone know a reliable site to lookup zip codes, more specifically I want to look up the difference between two? I googled and saw some, but didn't know how reliable they were. Thanks, Seth == Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html == ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:247903 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: postal code webservice
I've added another entry with a function for that distance calculation too. http://www.fergusonhouse.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/7/27/coldfusion-geocode -distance-calc http://tinyurl.com/kjlb6 ** Ken Ferguson 214.636.6126 www.fergusonhouse.com -Original Message- From: Ken Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 1:31 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: postal code webservice That's a good point though. It's just scratch code that hasn't been cleaned up. I'll need to make sure the information is urlEncoded in the end. Anyway, I hope it'll be useful for you. Thanks, ** Ken Ferguson 214.636.6126 www.fergusonhouse.com -Original Message- From: Turetsky, Seth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 12:14 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: postal code webservice Thanks, I had to urlencode the address though. Note: I'm running on BD -Original Message- From: Ken Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 1:02 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: postal code webservice By the way, if you'd like to nab my code for calling the geocoder service in CF, I've blogged it. www.fergusonhouse.com ** Ken Ferguson 214.636.6126 ** -Original Message- From: Ken Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:59 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: postal code webservice What do you mean, the difference between the two? Do you mean you'd like to find the distance between the two zip codes? If so, I'd recommend you check out geocoder. http://geocoder.us/help/city_state_zip.shtml you can get the lat/lon for a zip, like this: http://geocoder.us/service/csv/geocode?zip=75034 so if you get it for both zips and then calculate it with the great circle equation, Robert's your father's brother. http://geocoder.us/blog/2006/04/21/calculating-distances/ ** Ken Ferguson 214.636.6126 ** -Original Message- From: Turetsky, Seth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:24 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: postal code webservice Does anyone know a reliable site to lookup zip codes, more specifically I want to look up the difference between two? I googled and saw some, but didn't know how reliable they were. Thanks, Seth == Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html == ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:247910 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
