Zip codes and data Jan17 '05
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# (2 of 3): Josh » joahua.com
6 hours, 43 minutes after the fact. (Tue 18 Jan 2005, 3:40 AM CST)
p.s. This link is worth a look:
http://www.xmlrpc.com/googleGateway
# (3 of 3): Matthom
20 hours, 39 minutes after the fact. (Tue 18 Jan 2005, 5:36 PM CST)
Josh, thanks for the ideas.
Simple Object Access Protocol is definitely something I’ve been yearning to learn more about. You may have just given me some inspiration to begin. (Another good link on SOAP.)
As far as zip codes, I am sure you are right with the fact that other distributed systems might already have the information available for exchange. This would be a much more "wise" way of approaching my zip code database.
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# (1 of 3): Josh » joahua.com
6 hours, 42 minutes after the fact. (Tue 18 Jan 2005, 3:38 AM CST)
Not being a US-ite, I haven't really paid THAT much attention to what Google does with addresses and all that... but isn't there some way to look up that kind of data using it? It'd be an interesting exercise to grab their XML SOAP kit and see if you could build a web interface to that data direct from Google. I think there's a limit to the number of SOAP queries you can run a day, but it'd be more than you'd realistically need. That way, you get your data for free, and it's updated live (unlike something distributed as an Access database). Just an idea, as I've never played with SOAP myself and don't have the slightest idea how to do it, or even if the data Google has would be right for the purpose. But, if you need absolutely up-to-date data or feel like some fun with pulling data from remote SOAP queries, it could be worth a look...