swenson / rubyzipload

Loads ZIP code and US location information from US Census into a database

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RubyZipLoad - a simple US ZIP/location information loader

Overview

Takes US Census data from places2k.txt and zcta5.txt and loads it into a database using Sequel. Support ZIP, city name, state, latitude and longitude.

Download the data from www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html

Requires RubyGems and Sequel to be installed.

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Written by Christopher Swenson

Released under the MIT License: www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php

github.com/swenson/rubyziploader

www.caswenson.com/