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Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 13:34:17 -0700
From: "Diaz, Carlos" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: ZIP Code Maps

I am hoping someone on MAPS-L can help me out.

While at the Reference Desk this morning, a patron called on the phone
asking where to find a map detailing the zip code areas for Olympia,
Washington.  Well, you would think this is a no-brainer right?  I went
to the phone book but there weren't any maps showing the zip codes.  I
then went to the USPS website but they don't build zip code maps.  Their
FAQ said to consult the TIGER files.  Well, I went to the Census Bureau
website and clicked on the TIGER files link, but they don't seem to have
any really current information on zip codes.  They have the ZCTA but it
is in text or zip file format.  All I can tell it is all data and no
maps uness I am mistaken.  Of course there are a lot of online companies
that sell them for a price.

Does anyone have any leads on where I could find zip code maps at the
city level?

Thanks in advance.


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Carlos A. Diaz
Government Documents Specialist
Government Documents/Maps
Daniel J. Evans Library
The Evergreen State College
Mailstop L-2306
Olympia, WA 98505
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http://www.evergreen.edu/library/govdocs/index.html
phone:  (360) 867-6251
fax:      (360) 866-6790

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