On 11/6/14 11:32 PM, Shawn K. Quinn wrote:
On Fri, 2014-11-07 at 04:17 +0000, Elliott Plack wrote:
Before the state showed up in iD, I had assumed someone could just
easily derive the US state from the postal code.
Usually, yes, but that introduces a dependence on third party data
(USPS) that really should not be there. That, and it can be cumbersome.
plus zip codes do sometimes cross state boundaries. it's not frequent
but it happens.
richard
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