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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 03/15/07 13:01
Roman wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> larry@portcommodore.com wrote:
>>> On Mar 13, 8:40 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
>>>> xhe wrote:
>>>>> I am now developing a website which needs Canadian PostCode Database.
>>>>> I can certainly buy one, but that will cost my hundered of $$, and my
>>>>> website is only for education purpose, it won't make money. So I am
>>>>> afraid I can not affort it.
>>>>> Are there any good friends who can share me with you Canadian PostCode
>>>>> database, I need the longitude and latitude included in the DB.
>>>>> Thank you very very much in advance.
>>>>> If you still have other country's postcode DB which includes longitude
>>>>> and latitude, can you please also show me? Thanks again for help.
>>>>> Frank
>>>> Frank,
>>>>
>>>> If it's like the U.S. Postal Code database, this is commercial
>>>> information. Sharing it would be illegal.
>>>>
>>> You mean like this US zipcode list available from the Census Beureau:
>>> http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/zip1999.html
>>>
>>> (it's a little outdated but still good)
>>>
>>> And I am sure if you look around there is some government agency (or
>>> is it Ministry, never can get that straight) with such public data.
>>>
>> Oh, you mean the one that's eight years old and therefore useless?
>>
>> Zipcodes change daily. Updates come out quarterly. So that's about 30
>> updates behind, plus or minus.
>>
>> So no, it's not "still good" for serious work. I would *never* want a
>> customer to see "I'm sorry, your zip code does not exist".
>>
>
> OP kind of said "for educational purpose".
I don't care if it is for educational purposes. I still wouldn't want
my customers to see "I'm sorry, your zip code does not exist" because
I'm using an 8-year old database.
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