I'l search, the only one so far is $40 or so, and goes up in leaps and bounds from there. Real data is big business. I do the site as a hobby, so didn't want to throw money at it too. Still, if osmeone else found a few zip/coordinates list, I'd take it away to play with. Thanks, RobH@Work. > "Rob Harris" <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> interesting and useful little toy to amuse with. > > Hi! > Yes, that could be useful. I've needed that sort of distance info on > a few occasions. > >> if I can do it. zip code would compliment the UK postcodes of course, >> but > > Do you have the dict tool installed over there? > Here's the data for the zip code of one of my previous residences. > I wouldn't be surprised if it was available in a form that is > more condusive to programmatic manipulation. At worst, it could be > scraped from the dict server. > > Script started on Sun 14 Nov 2010 09:53:44 PM UTC > [chris@bach ~]$ dict -h dict.org 74820 > 1 definition found > > From U.S. Gazetteer Zip Code Tabulation Areas (2000) [gaz-zip]: > > 74820 -- U.S. ZIP code > Municipality (1990): ADA, Oklahoma > All ZIPs for this municipality (1990): > 74820 > Population (2000): 28430 > Housing Units (2000): 12627 > Land area (2000): 304.001986 sq. miles (787.361496 sq. km) > Water area (2000): 2.017895 sq. miles (5.226325 sq. km) > Total area (2000): 306.019881 sq. miles (792.587821 sq. km) > Located within: Oklahoma (OK) > Location: 34.780243 N, 96.687615 W > > [chris@bach ~]$ exit > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list