Re: usps.gov

[Carl Malamud <xxxx@media.org>]

on page 103 of the pdf file below, I am somewhat unclear as to which  
zip+4 and five-digit-zip I should be ordering?

The order form includes a copyright agreement ... I will leave that  
field blank, give them my credit card number, and see if they ship.   
If they charge me, you can do the paypal then.


On Jul 2, 2008, at 12:14 PM, Aaron Swartz wrote:

> So one of the things we want to do on Watchdog is let people enter
> their zip code and find out information about their neighborhood. But,
> outrageously, the USPS's database about which zip codes are where
> isn't available publicly. It's another one of these absurd government
> mail-away-for-the-DVD things. (Did they all get some memo on this or
> something?) Anyway, it looks like a couple thousand dollars for the
> important databases. You interested? I can PayPal the money if
> necessary.
>
> http://www.usps.com/ncsc/
> http://www.usps.com/ncsc/addressinfo/addressinfomenu.htm
> Manual on ordering: http://ribbs.usps.gov/files/Addressing/PUBS/ 
> AIS.pdf
>
> The important things seem to be:
>
> - Five-Digit ZIP ($500; lists the streets for each zip code)
> - ZIP+4 ($900; lists the addresses for each ZIP+4 code)
> - City State (free with the above; maps to city and state names)
> - TIGER/ZIP+4 ($700; lets you map the zip codes with Census data)
>
> Delivery Statistics ($350; lists the number of deliveries to each zip
> code) also looks kind of interesting.