[thelist] Proximity/Radius searching?

Dan McCullough dan.mccullough at gmail.com
Thu Jul 21 14:11:13 CDT 2005


Yes there are.  In the PHP world there is a free script that comes
with 40000 zip codes and the lat and long data.

I'll see if I can find it.

On 7/21/05, Peter Wakeford <pwakeford at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> are there any affordable solutions for integrating a radius search from a specified address.  For example, returning all zip codes or addresses withing 'x' miles from a specified address. I'd like to integrate this radius/proximity searching into an existing website.
> 
> Most of the products out there seem to offer a web service that is subscription-based and/or transaction-based.  Are there any alternative solutions out there or is this the way to go?
> 
> I've briefly explored (still waiting for responses from customer service for pricing):
> - Microsoft MapPoint web service
> - MapQuest's Site Advantage Web service
> - Yahoo maps web service (free, but limited to 5000 queries/day)
> 
> 
> Peter
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