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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
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> ----- 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
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> 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
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> www.ZIPSkinny.com
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