On Aug 17, 5:21 am, MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote: > Sjoerd Mullender wrote: > > Martin P. Hellwig wrote: > >> Shailen wrote: > >>> Is there any Python module that helps with US and foreign zip-code > >>> lookups? I'm thinking of something that provides basic mappings of zip > >>> to cities, city to zips, etc. Since this kind of information is so > >>> often used for basic user-registration, I'm assuming functionality of > >>> this sort must be available for Python. Any suggestions will be much > >>> appreciated. > > >> There might be an associated can of worms here, for example in the > >> Netherlands zip codes are actually copyrighted and require a license if > >> you want to do something with them, on the other hand you get a nice SQL > >> formatted db to use it. I don't know how this works in other countries > >> but I imagine that it is likely to be generally the same. > > > Also in The Netherlands, ZIP codes are much more fine-grained than in > > some other countries: ZIP code plus house number together are sufficient > > to uniquely identify an address. I.e. you don't need the street name. > > E.g., my work address has ZIP code 1098 XG and house number 123, so > > together they indicate that I work at Science Park 123, Amsterdam. > > > In other words, a simple city <-> ZIP mapping is not sufficient. > > The same comment applies to UK postcodes, which are also alphanumeric. > My home postcode, for example, is shared with only 3 other houses, IIRC.- > Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
Google for Zip codes. There are some free databases of codes, but they are dated. USPS and 3 party vendors sell zip code databases and lists. The USPS APIs are a joke. They were going to charge me for using them. I ended up using a 2 year old database of ZIP codes for my needs. Hope this helps! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
