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From: "Richard E. Hoskins" <rhoskins@home.com>
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Subject: Re: Zipcodes?
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 16:32:57 -0700
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As I see it, that's centroid, but no boundaries. They change a little every
year, and the data dealers make a mint off the result.
But its public info. Its not like the vendors necessarily add anything. We
got one set of boundaries with a bunch of ID/GIS type numbers and the
Zipcode. Likely just what the USPS gave them and they put it on a CD-ROM and
sold it for several dollars more than we could really afford.

Dick Hoskins

----- Original Message -----
From: G. Letham <gletham@axys.com>
To: <waphgis@u.washington.edu>
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 1999 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: Zipcodes?


> I think this is more like what you want
> http://ftp.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places.html
> or you can access the data in MIF format from the SpatialNews.com resource
> section at  http://www.coastnet.com/~letham/utility.html#ZIPCODES
>
> Regards
> Glenn
> http://www.spatialnews.com
> info@spatialnews.com
>
> At 03:52 PM 6/17/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >   I want them for my whole state, but this is a good  start. Thanks!   ~
R
> >   ----- Original Message -----    From:    Patrick    Anderson    To:
> >waphgis@u.washington.edu    Sent: Thursday, June 17, 1999 3:29    PM
> >Subject: Re: Free Zipcodes?
> >  If you want all zip codes    associated with a particular city go to
> >
> >http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/
> >
> >
> >
> >At    03:17 PM 6/17/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >     Certainly the Zipcodes are public property.      Any ideas?
> >
> >Dick    Hoskins
> >
> >
> >

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