Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 03/14/07 12:11

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 (it's a little outdated but still good)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".

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