Re: [Talk-us] importing zip codes

2014-02-23 Thread stevea
Missed that the first skim through as I was intent on seeing about restrictions on automated requests. Odd that something like a postal code needs permission from the postal service to reproduce, republish, etc. Hello Tod: This (import) vetting process includes the important question (by

Re: [Talk-us] importing zip codes

2014-02-23 Thread Greg Morgan
On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 5:15 PM, Tod Fitch t...@fitchdesign.com wrote: The USPS has a web site for giving ZIP and ZIP+4 values for specified addresses at https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action?mode=0refresh=true

Re: [Talk-us] importing zip codes

2014-02-23 Thread Richard Welty
On 2/23/14 8:26 PM, Greg Morgan wrote: What do people think about this? Is it a reasonable idea? Does it violate some rules that I am not aware of? the USPS may well see this as a ToS violation. richard -- rwe...@averillpark.net Averill Park Networking - GIS IT Consulting OpenStreetMap -

Re: [Talk-us] importing zip codes

2014-02-23 Thread stevea
Hi Steve, No worries. Seemed like most of the reasons I'd heard about importing ZIP code data is that it is either linear or point specific in nature and the imports were attempts to use areas to implement them, usually based on census data. I just wondered if getting ZIP codes for objects

[Talk-us] OSM Data Consumer

2014-02-23 Thread Mike N
It's always a shock to find anyone using OSM maps and I'm staring at some data I've worked on. A regional gas station chain uses OSM in its location maps: http://www.quiktrip.com/ (An example ZIP would be 29301 in Location if the map doesn't come up)

Re: [Talk-us] OSM Data Consumer

2014-02-23 Thread Ian Dees
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 8:23 PM, Mike N nice...@att.net wrote: It's always a shock to find anyone using OSM maps and I'm staring at some data I've worked on. A regional gas station chain uses OSM in its location maps: http://www.quiktrip.com/ (An example ZIP would be 29301 in Location

Re: [Talk-us] OSM Data Consumer

2014-02-23 Thread Shawn K. Quinn
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014, at 08:23 PM, Mike N wrote: It's always a shock to find anyone using OSM maps and I'm staring at some data I've worked on. A regional gas station chain uses OSM in its location maps: http://www.quiktrip.com/ (An example ZIP would be 29301 in Location if the map

Re: [Talk-us] importing zip codes

2014-02-23 Thread Greg Morgan
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 6:26 PM, Greg Morgan dr.kludge...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 5:15 PM, Tod Fitch t...@fitchdesign.com wrote: The USPS has a web site for giving ZIP and ZIP+4 values for specified addresses at

Re: [Talk-us] OSM Data Consumer

2014-02-23 Thread stevea
It's always a shock to find anyone using OSM maps and I'm staring at some data I've worked on. A regional gas station chain uses OSM in its location maps: http://www.quiktrip.com/ (An example ZIP would be 29301 in Location if the map doesn't come up) I got a sales postcard from a local

Re: [Talk-us] importing zip codes

2014-02-23 Thread Richard Welty
On 2/23/14 11:29 PM, Clifford Snow wrote: the terms prohibits us from posting the data. About the third paragraph in. exactly. do not build this plugin. we cannot take data generated from the USPS web interface in this manner. richard -- rwe...@averillpark.net Averill Park Networking - GIS