Re: Finding points within 50 miles

On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 17:09:37 -0400,
  Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org> wrote:
>
> On Jun 27, 2005, at 4:36 PM, John Browne wrote:
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> >I'm interested in doing a project for calculating distances similar to
> >this.  Anyone have suggestions on how/where this type of data can be
> >obtained?  Is it freely available anywhere?
> >
>
> Google is your friend.  There are places that sell very well kept
> zipcode databases for under $50.

The US government gives it away for free. Look for "tiger".