Jesse, Back around 1995-1996 I built a VB app with an Access database that would do much of what you want - it was for shipping and terminal locations - then ported it over to ASP & SQL Server a year or two later. I found several raw data files, either CSV or TSV, which were pretty easily imported into most any database. I believe I found the data files through the Census Bureau web site, http://www.census.gov. Took some searching to find, but from the files I finally found, the database listed ZIP code; Lat/Long of the rough center (centroid?) of the ZIP area: city & state; population as of 1990 census, and a few other then-relevant columns that I cannot now recall. Dunno if that data is still available, but that's the first place I'd start looking. A warning, though - the terminology on the site doesn't always - or often - reflect what you find after you get where it pointed <grin />.
> This is not necessarily SQL Specific, but it will impact my MySQL > application. > Using the zip code, how can you determine what's in a (say) 50 mile radius. > In other words, if I'm looking for schools within a 50 mile radius of my > location (Zip Code 33881), How can I determine this by the zip code? I have > seen lots of search engines that do this, but don't know how they determine > the distance. I figured that I can use the first 4 digits as a match, then > the first 3 digits which will be a little further away, but I don't know how > accurate that would be. Does anyone have any ideas? > Thanks, > Jesse > -- > 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]
