Posted by Roman on 03/15/07 07:38

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 (it's a little outdated but still good)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

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