[BusMac] Addresses & Mapping

David Williams willida at bellsouth.net
Wed Jun 2 11:34:31 PDT 2004


On 6/2/04 9:45 AM, "Justin Leavens" <justin_lists at lizeric.com> wrote:

> We're looking for a solution to handle some mapping and address
> handling needs.
> 
> The first step is that we need to be able to calculate distances
> between addresses. We've found some web services that will calculate
> the distance between two zip codes, but this is too generic since
> they're calculated from the center of the zip and don't represent a
> true distance. Maybe distances between ZIP+4 is better? The second
> eventual step will be to do mapping of the two addresses and directions
> between them.
> 
FWIW, Microsoft Entourage will do a lot of this in the address book.  Look
under the Contacts menu.

Dave

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