I need recommendations for a sort of franchise locator script. The kind where people enter a zip code or choose a state and get a listing of locations or stores nearby.
Any recommendations? Let me know. My needs call for a Windows ASP/.NET script. I’ve been looking on HotScripts and found one called Easy To Find Us however it’s $250 and so I want to know if this is the best choice or if you folks know of anything better?
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search for zip codes .mdb and look for one that lists zip codes, longitude and latitude and place name – ive foind ones for the UK in the past – theyre really usefull but you need a mega database system to deliver speedy results (or a giant array held in memory).
Mark
You certainly will find life easier with latitude and longitude for each zip code. The mathematics to locate every shop within a givin center point is straightforward and any engineer or scientist from a local college could show you how to do it, you could probably even find it on line (vector calculus is required, dot products etc).
We used Effengüd Software‘s Zipper COM object for two years as our branch locator. The only reason we switched away was because management wanted MapQuest.
Oh, and it’s $99. Also, since it’s COM, it can be accessed by either ASP or ASP.NET and it supports Access databases though we used SQL Server for our ZIP code database.
Thanks for the great tips everyone. Greatly appreciated.