-------- Original Message --------
Subject:        Re: Get the skinny - census data query by zip code
Date:   Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:27:20 -0400
From:   Stacey D. Maples <[log in to unmask]>
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Organization:   Yale University Map Collection
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Yes, Zip Codes are networks, or more specifically, delivery routes,
rather than units of area.

Stacey

Maps-L wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        Re: Get the skinny - census data query by zip code
> Date:   Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:24:24 -0500
> From:   Toby Main <[log in to unmask]>
> To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
> <[log in to unmask]>
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>
> Just remember that ZIP codes are purely for the convenience of the
> postal service.  Business types love them, but they are often not
> particularly useful for any other purposes.  Census tracts are a far
> more rational demographic unit.
>
> TM
>
>    ----- Original Message -----
>    From: "Maps-L"
>    To: [log in to unmask]
>    Subject: Get the skinny - census data query by zip code
>    Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:53:01 -0500
>
>
>    This is a pretty neat census data web site. I don't know of it's
>    reliability or anything ... but thought I'd share it anyway.
>
>    After entering a main zip code and getting the first page of results ,
>    there's a table toward the bottom where one can enter zip codes of 19
>    other locations and get comparison information. The results page also
>    includes a map showing the geographic center of the area queried.
>
>    Angie
>
>    www.ZIPSkinny.com
>
>
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