WTB: 3rd Party .NET component for zip codes

[David Sworder]

Hi,

Can anyone recommend a 3rd party .NET component that would allow me to
determine the approximate number of miles between two zip codes?

At runtime, I will know the user's zip code. I will also have access to
an array of MyObjects where MyObject is defined as:

internal class MyObject{
...
...
public String ZipCode;
}

I want to loop through the array of MyObjects and make note of the
objects whose 'ZipCode' field is within 50 miles of the user's zip code.
Obviously, this isn't an exact science since I won't know the user's exact
address within his zip code. I'm just looking for approximations here.

David

 

[Jeff Levinson [mcsd]]

That's a pretty narrow thing to be looking for, so I
don't know of one specifically, but you may want to try
using the Mappoint object model (if you have it). I don't
know what the licensing of it would be but that's where I
would start.

Jeff Levinson

Author of "Building Client/Server Applications with
VB.NET: An Example Driven Approach"