[thesite] evolt map
Ron Thigpen
rthigpen at nc.rr.com
Tue Jul 17 16:08:15 CDT 2001
Another service.
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer-tbl?zip=27608
US only. Zip driven, so less precision. OK for our purposes, esp. if
not zooming in.
Could code to check multiple services on failure.
Might look for international service w/ at least per-country precision.
Of course we could just futz up our own lookup table for this.
For privacy, we might want to set an opt-in/opt-out flag. If we're
aggregating w/o zoom, opt-out might be OK.
Might also think about letting users enter their own lat/long coords.
This could be good for internationals not covered by these services.
Good also for goofballs who'd like us to think they live in Antarctica...
--rt
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