[AccessD] Zip Code Radius Mapping

John W Colby jwcolby at gmail.com
Mon Jun 3 12:00:23 CDT 2013


 >How current is the zip code list?

Years old

 >How do you recommend updating it?

The company that I bought the zip database from is out of business.  I just went looking and found this.

http://zipcodedownload.com/Products/Family/ZIP5

It appears to have the lat/long which is the centroid point that I used in the calculations.

John W. Colby

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it

On 6/3/2013 12:03 PM, Tina Norris Fields wrote:
> Dear John,
>
> This looks like exactly what I need.
> Questions:
> How current is the zip code list?  How do you recommend updating it?
> How current are the population figures?
>
> Thanks for this very nice piece of work.
>
> T
>
> Tina Norris Fields
> tinanfields-at-torchlake-dot-com
> 231-322-2787
>
> On 6/3/2013 10:59 AM, John W Colby wrote:
>> The first item on this page:
>>
>> http://www.databaseadvisors.com/downloads.asp
>>
>> John W. Colby
>>
>> Reality is what refuses to go away
>> when you do not believe in it
>>
>> On 6/3/2013 10:09 AM, Tina Norris Fields wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I have a recollection that somebody on this list - maybe John Colby - used a tool for 
>>> identifying zip codes within a certain radius of a given location or zip code.  I now have a 
>>> need for such a tool and am asking.  Who uses such a tool?  Where can I find it - at a low price?
>>>
>>> I have found one online tool, but I'd like to find one I can use on the local computer or 
>>> network.  Here's the one I've found so far:
>>>
>>> http://www.freemaptools.com/find-zip-codes-inside-radius.htm
>>>
>>>
>>> Any help or guidance will be much appreciated.
>>> T
>>>
>>
>



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