"Dave" <bu****@wizardbuy.comwrote in message
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Hi
I want to add functionality to my site so that customers can type in a
postcode and we can tell them the "nearest store" in our database.
I have noticed there are loads of sites on the net that offer this
service but some of the them are small back bedroom sites. Do they
really pay for the expensive postcode data or is there an alternative
method you can use with some additional coding??
The trick is to get your hands on one of the postal codes databases.
Containing the langtitudes and the longtitudes for the postalcode then the
implementation of which store is closest is quite trivial ,for Holland we
have a postal service which has a monopoly so it's easy to get the data.
Not sure where to get the data for other countries I can even imagine that
for some countries this information can be found on the internet.