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Finding zip codes for certain areas on a map


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I'm mapping all the zip codes in the US graphically on a map. I've been looking for one, I've found:

 

http://maps.huge.info/zip.htm -- Looks good, but some areas are blank (no zip code) and need to zoom in really far to get to zip codes, hard to keep place (not a big deal really, as long as the info is there).

 

http://maps.huge.info/zipv0.htm -- The old version of above.

 

http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/mapzip.asp -- Can look up zip codes and see a map, but can't see other zip code areas, good for checking I suppose.

 

Sorry, it's kind of random, and I should be able to do it by myself. Mostly I just want confirmation that what I have can work :P My last plan didn't work out so well.

 

And I was thinking... Could I call the Post Office and somehow get some kind of map? Mostly I just need to be able to look at an area on the map and know the zip code.

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That was my original plan, but it doesn't tell you the zip codes in areas outside of cities/towns.

 

Now that I think about it... Are there really zipcodes outside of cities and towns? Are there people, does mail go there?

 

I thought that pretty much all land was claimed by some town or another even if nobody actually lives there.

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I don't really know where the zip code would be unless it was associated with a city... but with Google Earth I can mark the zip code boundries and overlay an image showing the sections! This should work. Hey thanks Ecoli, I was getting really frustrated for a while and you helped me.

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