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Seems like the author is going out of his way to create controversy. He can't figure out the zip codes in one county in Oregon without help from the post office
by warmfuzzykitten 13y ago
Seems like the author is going out of his way to create controversy. He can't figure out the zip codes in one county in Oregon without help from the post office? I doubt the restaurants that report the zip codes have any official assistance.
- geetee 13y agoIt is certainly lame to lock the data behind exorbitant fees, but I agree with you. Considering how he intends to use the data, any of the freely available lists online would be good enough.
- showerst 13y agoThe point is that this is extremely useful public data. Since so many things in daily life besides just shipping require an address, this information should really be in the commons.
- dogweather 13y agoAuthor here. Yep, it's part of the country's infrastructure. This kind of restriction adds costs in a million little ways.
- nickff 13y agoOne might argue that by making a blog post on any subject, no matter what its importance to the author, is "going out of his way to create controversy". In addition, his post never states that he is unable to "figure out the zip codes", it only describes the policy and practice of the USPS.