[AccessD] Useful Lists

I tried another free web service and got the same result from 
http://www.xmethods.net
So I guess you get what you pay for like a half hour delay on stock and 
commodity quotes.
I have seen bond service quotes handled via soap and they cost $1000 a 
month.
Even Lat Longs of a zip code centroid may not fall within the zip code
if a center of gravity calculation method is used on a concave polygon.

http://www.mindreef.net/tide/scopeit/start.do?referer=xmethods&url=http://www.tilisoft.com/ws/LocInfo/ZipCode.asmx?WSDL

Robert L. Stewart wrote:

>Oh Well,
>
>I tried their postal code web service for the USA.
>Mine is 77418.  The area code changed over 5 years
>ago from 409 to 979.  Their service is still returning
>409 as the area code.
>
>Are they maintaining the data?  If not, what use is
>a bad list of data?
>
>I am willing to host the databases in SQL Server for
>all to connect to for the data.  As long as we all
>behave and keep the list up to date as well as not
>put junk into them.  I have a couple, like the postal
>code list, some of the ISO standards lists for country
>codes, SIC and NAICS code, and so on that I can start
>it with it any one else is interested.  I also have some
>of the TIGER data tables for the USA.
>
>Robert
>
>At 08:27 AM 11/15/2006, you wrote:
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>>Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:08:15 -0800
>>From: MartyConnelly <martyconnelly at shaw.ca>
>>Subject: Re: [AccessD] Useful Lists
>>To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>>        <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>>Message-ID: <455AA0BF.7050407 at shaw.ca>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed
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>>In addition to lists there are public web services that provide things like
>>those listed below from places like
>>http://www.webservicex.net/WS/default.aspx
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Marty Connelly
Victoria, B.C.
Canada