[R-sig-Geo] package to query Google for latitude and longitude for a given ZIP code

[Dan Putler]

Andrew,

What you are proposing (a) violates Google's terms of service and (b) is 
pretty meaningless since a PO Box zip code will be located at a post 
office location, not the household's or firm's location, which I'm 
pretty certain is not the location that will matter conceptually for any 
model you develop based on this information.

Dan

On 03/08/2011 09:03 AM, Andrew Yee wrote:
> Hi, I was wondering if someone could direct me to a package that would
> allow you to query Google (or any other resource) for the latitude and
> longitude of a ZIP code.
>
> While I'm aware of the zipcode package, there are certain ZIP codes
> that are not in the database (e.g. areas that are serviced by PO
> boxes, e.g. 03861).
>
> I was thinking that Google could be helpful for retrieving this kind
> of information and was hoping that there's a package that handles
> these kinds of queries.
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew
>
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