Nearest Office by Zipcode
| From: | R.S. Herhuth | Date: | Fri, 26 Jul 2002 15:40:43 +0000 |
| Subject: | Nearest Office by Zipcode | ||
| Groups: | php.windows | ||
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I finally finished my "Nearest Office by Zipcode" finder PHP app. Many
people had expressed interest in this script so I would like to know
where I can post it to share with the group.
The script uses a point to point calculation based on longitude and
latitude from a zipcode database that can either be bought, or
downloaded freely on the internet(it is older so many new zips may not
be in the db). There is a neccessary conversion script that converts
the latitude and longitude into radians and writes those values to the
database, and then the main script which uses the user supplied zipcode
to compare to a table of known office location (zipcode, latitude and
longitude expressed in radians) and cacluates the distance between each
office and the users zipcode. It is quite accurate, although if you
compare the mileage to a mapping program like Mapquest it may be
different because they are using street calculations whereas this script
is a point to point calculation.
The script is very simple but would not be possible without the help of
many people on the list.
Thanks,
Ron