Re: Canadian Postal Codes (location-based searching)

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2001

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texte = Sorry I didn't write back earlier, Christopher Mackay did mention The ZipBurst CGI as a solution.We have a few users with some pretty cool, complex, integrated WebCat solutions that use our CGI to do a base search and then processes those results with more WebCatalog tags. The ZB-Indirect tag we added this year lets you do a search and then incorporate WebCatalog tags or any other CGIs tags in your final result to the user.You can do all sorts of searches on your data, but the most basic is proximity, so you get the records from your database that are closest to the location entered by the web visitor.Locations can be US ZIP Codes, Canadian Postal Codes, City, State or City, Province. So, your users aren't required to know the ZIP Code/Postal Code of the area they are querying for... comes in handy for travel sites, where they know they are visiting Miami, FL, need a boat, and don't have ANY idea what the ZIP Codes are there.You can also build in other criteria, like territory, sales volumes, etc. to choose dealers in addition to distance.Don't want to be too commercial, but it is a best in class solution for MacOS, and more powerful than NT or Unix solutions available today, and let's you completely customize your output (no commercial for us in your HTML -- some vendors charge and additional $500 to remove their provided by notice). You can even change the mime type of your return data easily and have users get an Excel file from your search page... lots of possibilities.Check out the demo... geographic databases for US, Canada, or US/Canada bundled. About to add support for a few other regions and countries, so let us know your needs.I'll tell you how much, to save you time (these are the normal prices, take off $50 on the prices until the end of September). US: $200, Canada: $450, US/Canada: $600. That's for a single license software license, geographic data is licensed for 12 months and renewed that period (see site for more on pricing, 5-pack discounts, etc.)This is a way cool solution, also has support to do things like list the stores close to you that also have a particular item in stock... relational files, etc. Lots of conditional tags, variables, etc. (Can you tell I like this app?)So that's it... Runs with WebSTAR, WebTen, MacOS build-in Web Sharing, and likely MacHTTP (haven't tested yet). All multi-threaded, rock solid (really), fast (and we can make it faster still, but haven't needed the speed yet), and just plain does the job.David Dantowitz -- DC&R-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Canadian Postal Codes (location-based searching) (David M. Dantowitz 2001)

Sorry I didn't write back earlier, Christopher Mackay did mention The ZipBurst CGI as a solution.We have a few users with some pretty cool, complex, integrated WebCat solutions that use our CGI to do a base search and then processes those results with more WebCatalog tags. The ZB-Indirect tag we added this year lets you do a search and then incorporate WebCatalog tags or any other CGIs tags in your final result to the user.You can do all sorts of searches on your data, but the most basic is proximity, so you get the records from your database that are closest to the location entered by the web visitor.Locations can be US ZIP Codes, Canadian Postal Codes, City, State or City, Province. So, your users aren't required to know the ZIP Code/Postal Code of the area they are querying for... comes in handy for travel sites, where they know they are visiting Miami, FL, need a boat, and don't have ANY idea what the ZIP Codes are there.You can also build in other criteria, like territory, sales volumes, etc. to choose dealers in addition to distance.Don't want to be too commercial, but it is a best in class solution for MacOS, and more powerful than NT or Unix solutions available today, and let's you completely customize your output (no commercial for us in your HTML -- some vendors charge and additional $500 to remove their provided by notice). You can even change the mime type of your return data easily and have users get an Excel file from your search page... lots of possibilities.Check out the demo... geographic databases for US, Canada, or US/Canada bundled. About to add support for a few other regions and countries, so let us know your needs.I'll tell you how much, to save you time (these are the normal prices, take off $50 on the prices until the end of September). US: $200, Canada: $450, US/Canada: $600. That's for a single license software license, geographic data is licensed for 12 months and renewed that period (see site for more on pricing, 5-pack discounts, etc.)This is a way cool solution, also has support to do things like list the stores close to you that also have a particular item in stock... relational files, etc. Lots of conditional tags, variables, etc. (Can you tell I like this app?)So that's it... Runs with WebSTAR, WebTen, MacOS build-in Web Sharing, and likely MacHTTP (haven't tested yet). All multi-threaded, rock solid (really), fast (and we can make it faster still, but haven't needed the speed yet), and just plain does the job.David Dantowitz -- DC&R-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ David M. Dantowitz

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Re: Canadian Postal Codes (location-based searching)

2001

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