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Date:         Fri, 10 Dec 1999 13:10:57 GMT
Reply-To:     SAlbert <salbert@AOL.COMSTOPSPAM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         SAlbert <salbert@AOL.COMSTOPSPAM>
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
Subject:      Re: Help: distance between zip codes

Drew Spenser wrote: <<Is there a way to calculate the distance in miles between zip codes, using only SAS? >>

I had this in Fortran years ago, as part of a marketing analysis, and solved it by getting latitude and longitude for the zip and computing distance from that. Doing it in SAS should be easier, and I imagine the geographic info is pretty readily available now.

Steve Albert


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