Yes, the ones that I have seen use longitude and latitude for zipcodes.
Lots of places you can purchase those tables. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Wolfe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 6:59 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Witango-Talk: Location based services
> 
> Hey guys,
> 
> I was wondering, how do those sites work where it lets you 
> search for lets say a business of a certain type that is x 
> miles away from zipcode xxxxx where it lets you put in a 
> distance and zipcode?
> 
> I cant think of how to even begin on that one, do they store 
> longitude and latitude in a database or something?
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks!
> Alan
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