There are a few web services that will do that, check out www.xmethods.net and you will find them. Cheaper then buying a database, but just have to hope they will be available down the road
Robert Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Famous for nothing!" http://www.tinetics.com -----Original Message----- From: Andy Ousterhout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 4:31 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: distance between zip codes Search the archives. Basically, buy a DB that provides ZIP Code to lat longitude, then calculate. Here is one post that I saved . For those who were looking for the UDF to do distance between two lat/lons, here's my version: http://toshop.com/udf/latlondist.cfm Rob Brooks-Bilson wrote a UDF at cflib.org that does basically the same thing but I use a different calculation that's subject to little rounding error for short distances, has more options for the result units and has more precise conversion factors. Rob's UDF also requires DegToRad UDF which mine does not require since I've done the conversion within the latlondist UDF. Rob's version is here: http://www.cflib.org/udf.cfm?ID=73 -----Original Message----- From: Dave Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 6:09 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: distance between zip codes anyone know of a good tag or tutorial that calculates the distance between zip codes? I found 1 but it was like $400 Dave ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
