I haven't looked into this recently, but as long as 15 years ago there were zip -> mile libraries available; I assume similar libraries still exist. The ones I worked with all used only the first 3 digits. Full five digit and nine digit zips get to pretty specific geographic locations, a level of accuracy not needed when telling people what resource exist within "x" miles. You might try google something like: (zipcode OR zip) distance software library HTH
Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Haneda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MySql" <mysql@lists.mysql.com> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 3:37 PM Subject: zip code search within x miles > 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? > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Scott Haneda Tel: 415.898.2602 > <http://www.newgeo.com> Novato, CA U.S.A. > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
