package to query Google for latitude and longitude for a given ZIP code

Andrew,

What you are proposing (a) violates Google's terms of service and (b) is
pretty meaningless since a PO Box zip code will be located at a post office
location, not the household's or firm's location, which I'm pretty certain
is not the location that will matter conceptually for any model you develop
based on this information.

Dan

On 03/08/2011 09:03 AM, Andrew Yee wrote:

Hi, I was wondering if someone could direct me to a package that would
allow you to query Google (or any other resource) for the latitude and
longitude of a ZIP code.

While I'm aware of the zipcode package, there are certain ZIP codes
that are not in the database (e.g. areas that are serviced by PO
boxes, e.g. 03861).

I was thinking that Google could be helpful for retrieving this kind
of information and was hoping that there's a package that handles
these kinds of queries.

Thanks,
Andrew

Andrew,

What you are proposing (a) violates Google's terms of service and (b) is pretty meaningless since a PO Box zip code will be located at a post office location, not the household's or firm's location, which I'm pretty certain is not the location that will matter conceptually for any model you develop based on this information.

Dan

On 03/08/2011 09:03 AM, Andrew Yee wrote:

Hi, I was wondering if someone could direct me to a package that would
allow you to query Google (or any other resource) for the latitude and
longitude of a ZIP code.

While I'm aware of the zipcode package, there are certain ZIP codes
that are not in the database (e.g. areas that are serviced by PO
boxes, e.g. 03861).

I was thinking that Google could be helpful for retrieving this kind
of information and was hoping that there's a package that handles
these kinds of queries.

Thanks,
Andrew

Thanks.  That's interesting, with respect to Google's terms of
service, since I thought this kind of information was available
through the Google Geocoding API.

The reason why I'm pushing for the P.O. box ZIP code is that some
geographic information is better than none.

Thanks,
Andrew

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Dan Putler<dan.putler at sauder.ubc.ca>  wrote:

Andrew,

What you are proposing (a) violates Google's terms of service and (b) is
pretty meaningless since a PO Box zip code will be located at a post office
location, not the household's or firm's location, which I'm pretty certain
is not the location that will matter conceptually for any model you develop
based on this information.

Dan

On 03/08/2011 09:03 AM, Andrew Yee wrote:

Hi, I was wondering if someone could direct me to a package that would
allow you to query Google (or any other resource) for the latitude and
longitude of a ZIP code.

While I'm aware of the zipcode package, there are certain ZIP codes
that are not in the database (e.g. areas that are serviced by PO
boxes, e.g. 03861).

I was thinking that Google could be helpful for retrieving this kind
of information and was hoping that there's a package that handles
these kinds of queries.

Thanks,
Andrew