Rails - Feb 2008 - Need a zip/postal code database or plugin for rails

Anyone here has an idea of any good database or RoR plugin for zip and
postal codes ?????

Thank you...
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I''m not sure of a plugin for it, but for US addresses you could try
the web services provided by the USPS:

http://www.usps.com/webtools/technical.htm

On Feb 1, 10:26 pm,
"lp.dah...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org"
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wrote:
> Anyone here has an idea of any good database or RoR plugin for zip and
> postal codes ?????
>
> Thank you...
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What do you need to do with it? I asked this exact same question a while 
ago because I needed a way to search for an item based on its distance 
from a certain zipcode. I ended up stumbling onto GeoKit which is an 
amazing rails plugin for geocoding locations and performing a variety of 
related tasks.
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I have a CSV file for all zip codes in the US:
Code,Latitude,Longitude,City,State,County,Type

Load all the zips in a table and use GeoKit so that I can find
distance qualifications by address (zip_code) without the expense of
hitting a geocoder. Much faster and 100% available. It''s also useful
for classifying people by county (which geocoders can not do), and for
presenting a list of cities, or auto-completing the city/state when
someone enters a zip.

Just keep in mind that the lon/lat is for the CENTER of the zip_code
area and may or may not fit your accuracy needs.

It may not be 100% correct, but it does have my home zip_code which
became active only last year, so it looks pretty good to me.

Just drop me an email if you would like a copy. Also let me know if
you would like a model and import script for importing the file.
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To be honest, what I was more in need for is a db or a plugin for
country/state drop down...
But since I don''t know how my app is going to evolve, I tought
it''d be
better to get
the full thing now (zip codes etc...). I''ve heard about GeoKit and
I''ve seen the API,
its nice but isn''t that a bit too much, since I don''t plan to
be
making a map app??????
What could you suggest me ???? thx for your time.

On Feb 2, 12:22 am, Nathan Esquenazi <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-
s.net> wrote:
> What do you need to do with it? I asked this exact same question a while
> ago because I needed a way to search for an item based on its distance
> from a certain zipcode. I ended up stumbling onto GeoKit which is an
> amazing rails plugin for geocoding locations and performing a variety of
> related tasks.
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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On Feb 2, 1:55 pm, "lp.dah...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org"
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wrote:
> To be honest, what I was more in need for is a db or a plugin for
> country/state drop down...
> But since I don''t know how my app is going to evolve, I tought
it''d be
> better to get
> the full thing now (zip codes etc...). I''ve heard about GeoKit and
> I''ve seen the API,
> its nice but isn''t that a bit too much, since I don''t
plan to be
> making a map app??????
> What could you suggest me ???? thx for your time.
Well, you can use the us_states plugin to create a
us_state_options_for_select (selection list).
http://svn.techno-weenie.net/projects/plugins/us_states/

And rails provides country_select to select from a list of countries.
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