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| regions, often determined by corporeal | | | | MapInfo Professional. |
| landmarks such as roads, bodies of water, | | | | |
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| encounters the predicament of what to measure | | | | for the Mid-Atlantic States. If you want to |
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| trying to determine the distance between | | | | level maps for other regions you have to |
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| | | | more proficiently and precisely because it |
| The ZIP Code Distance Wizard performs ZIP | | | | reduces usage and significantly decreases the |
| Code distance calculations based upon ZIP | | | | potential for human error and possibility of |
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| between two ZIP Codes? What our ZIP Code | | | | control over USPS costs and, in turn, postage |
| Distance Wizard software does is use the axis | | | | rate immovability. ZIP+4 is intended for use |
| of mass, for each ZIP Code province. In the | | | | primarily by business mailers who prepare |
| map below, the two or more red dots are the | | | | their mail with computerized addressing |
| axis of mass for their particular ZIP Codes. | | | | formats that can be read by the Postal |
| When one are measures between these two | | | | Service's automated scanners during |
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| fall within a user specified radius distance, | | | | There are also ZIP+4 discounts for bulk |
| some ZIP Codes might be left out of the | | | | business mail. The original code for ZIP+4 |
| results if the centroid for the ZIP Code does | | | | was written by us. |