RE: Witango-Talk: Calculating distance from Post/Zip codes (2)

2003-03-10 Thread Troy Sosamon
:base. You can use this logic and write a taf to do the same thing. Have fun, Troy -Original Message- From: Nicholas Froome [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 5:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Witango-Talk: Calculating distance from Post/Zip codes (2) I asked:

Re: Witango-Talk: Calculating distance from Post/Zip codes (2)

2003-03-10 Thread Chris Millet
We've done this using US ZIP codes and it isn't that hard. Basically, we purchased a database off the web including columns for city, state, zip, longitude, and latitude (appx $100 USD). With this came instructions on how to use longitude and latitude to calculate the distance between locations. I

Re: Witango-Talk: Calculating distance from Post/Zip codes (2)

2003-03-09 Thread Garth Penglase
Nicholas, I remember a thread on the list quite a while ago which described how this was being done by someone else. It was using US postcodes but the concept is obviously the same. It is always a good idea to check out the archives at http://www.witango.ws Hope this helps. cheers Garth I asked

Witango-Talk: Calculating distance from Post/Zip codes (2)

2003-03-09 Thread Nicholas Froome
I asked: >Has anyone written a TAF to calculate distances between two UK postcodes and, if so, >would they like to share it? As it seems no-one has, does anyone have a TAF to calculate distance from Northings and Eastings? I can look these up from a table of Postcodes There are ASP and PHP app