[R] GIS Help: distance calculation based on ZIP Code

[Gabor Grothendieck]

On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 10:41 AM, XINLI LI <lihawaii at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear R Group Users:
>
>    If there is a resource or easy way to calculate the distance
> between zipcodes, for example, if I have the zipcode for 200 patients,
> and the zipcode of a hospital, how to calculate the travel distance of
> these individual patient to the hospital based on the zipcode. Your
> input will be greatly appreciated.
>

Try the R-Sig-Geo list.

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