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Re: Free US ZIP Code Database as CSV

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Post by ConradHex »

The google maps API also has pretty good geocoding, for free. You can give it a location, and it will tell you not just lat/lng, but also how specific that location is. (Is it a zip code? A city name? An intersection? A precise address?)

Re: Free US ZIP Code Database as CSV

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Post by technoguyrob »

I have a better and more recent one, courtesy of yours truly (don't spread it around):

http://therobert.org/stuff/misc/5-digit%20Commercial.csv

7.7MB | February 2008

I need a database that shows the population in each zip code, too. If any good Samaritan can share, that would be great.

Re: Free US ZIP Code Database as CSV

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Post by rrival »

technoguyrob wrote: post #3

I have a better and more recent one, courtesy of yours truly (don't spread it around): http://therobert.org/stuff/misc/5-digit%20Commercial.csv 7.7MB | February 2008 I need a database that shows the population in each zip code, too. If any good Samaritan can share, that would be great.

seen http://infochimps.org/datasets ?

Re: Free US ZIP Code Database as CSV

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Post by technoguyrob »

rrival wrote: post #4
technoguyrob wrote: post #3

I have a better and more recent one, courtesy of yours truly (don't spread it around): http://therobert.org/stuff/misc/5-digit%20Commercial.csv 7.7MB | February 2008 I need a database that shows the population in each zip code, too. If any good Samaritan can share, that would be great.

seen http://infochimps.org/datasets ?

That seems useful, but it's more aggregated data (by state & region, not zip).

Re: Free US ZIP Code Database as CSV

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Post by dsplaisted »

technoguyrob wrote: post #3

I have a better and more recent one, courtesy of yours truly (don't spread it around): http://therobert.org/stuff/misc/5-digit%20Commercial.csv 7.7MB | February 2008 I need a database that shows the population in each zip code, too. If any good Samaritan can share, that would be great.

> don't spread it around Why not? Is it not public domain, or are you worried about the load on your server, or what?

Re: Free US ZIP Code Database as CSV

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Post by technoguyrob »

dsplaisted wrote: post #6
technoguyrob wrote: post #3

I have a better and more recent one, courtesy of yours truly (don't spread it around): http://therobert.org/stuff/misc/5-digit%20Commercial.csv 7.7MB | February 2008 I need a database that shows the population in each zip code, too. If any good Samaritan can share, that would be great.

> don't spread it around Why not? Is it not public domain, or are you worried about the load on your server, or what?

The latter. You're free to upload it elsewhere and spread it, however.

Re: Free US ZIP Code Database as CSV

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Post by rbanffy »

technoguyrob wrote: post #3

I have a better and more recent one, courtesy of yours truly (don't spread it around): http://therobert.org/stuff/misc/5-digit%20Commercial.csv 7.7MB | February 2008 I need a database that shows the population in each zip code, too. If any good Samaritan can share, that would be great.

bzip2 it. It will slash the size to a fraction of its current size.

Re: Free US ZIP Code Database as CSV

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Post by 0x44 »

rbanffy wrote: post #8
technoguyrob wrote: post #3

I have a better and more recent one, courtesy of yours truly (don't spread it around): http://therobert.org/stuff/misc/5-digit%20Commercial.csv 7.7MB | February 2008 I need a database that shows the population in each zip code, too. If any good Samaritan can share, that would be great.

bzip2 it. It will slash the size to a fraction of its current size.

http://indistinct.org/5-digit%20Commercial.csv.bz2

A small mirror.

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