Zip Code Lookup and Distance Calculation 1

[munkyCmunkyDU]

Hi,

I am researching zip code lookup and distance calculation (ie "What zipcodes are within x miles from zipcode y?&quot. I see that there are many packages I can purchase out there but I'd kind of like to try building my own. Does anyone know of a tutorial out there I could look at or an open-source solution?

Thanks in advance
MunkyCMunkyDU

 

[krisbrixon]

http://www.cryptnet.net/fsp/zipdy/

Kris
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[munkyCmunkyDU]

Kris

Thanks for the link. For this one though I'm looking for a Microsoft solution... using ASP/ASP.NET/SqlServer2000.

MunkyCMunkyDU

 

[krisbrixon]

you said "or an open-source solution?"

anyway, try these:

http://www.pscode.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=611&lngWId=10

http://www.aspalliance.com/tmorford/distance/calculate_Zip_1.asp

Question: Did you try to find the answer before you posted on the forum?

Kris
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[munkyCmunkyDU]

Yes Kris, I did research this prior to posting...but only for about an hour. I was focussing on words like "zip code distance calculation". What I found this afternoon was that my searches were more effective when I dropped the "zip code" and used "latitude longitude" instead. This produced immediate results.

Also, the concept of "open-source" being relegated to the world of linux/unix based technology is somewhat simplistic. There are some nice open-source tools out there written entirely on Microsoft platforms. An example of one that I have been using recently with smaller shared hosting clients is a great little stats program, StatCounteX (

http://www.2enetworx.com/dev/projects/statcountex.asp).

Additionally, some are saying that we are beginning to see Microsoft quietly support portions of the "open-source" mindset (

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,599186,00.asp).

Again, thank you for both of your replies. I appreciate the time you and others spend on forums helping others out. In the future I will try to be more clear on what I am looking for when I have platform limitations.

MunkyCMunkyDU