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- From: Lee Flier <lflier@mindspring.com>
- To: pcplantdb@lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [pcplantdb] How do we want to define locales?
- Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 22:59:17 -0400
Chad Knepp wrote:
Hi guys :),
. what about topography? Hopefully we could find/make a
utility to translate ZIP/Postal code to Lat/Long or some such...
There are several databases available that have longitude and latitude data by ZIP code, county, etc. I have also already written routines to calculate distances between longitudes/latitudes, since I've done several applications that have had to find the nearest store to a customer when they enter their zip, etc. So I've got that part covered!
The thoughts about bioregion are interesting. I agree that USDA zones, while useful and standard for US residents, are kinda inadequate to describe bioregions. I think bioregional standards could be very useful and presently don't really exist; maybe part of this project could be to define some bioregional criteria/geographic boundaries which would continue to develop over time with user input. If we really did it right maybe they could eventually become widely used standards.
Lee
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Re: [pcplantdb] How do we want to define locales?
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- Re: [pcplantdb] How do we want to define locales?, Plants For A Future, 09/12/2004
- Re: [pcplantdb] How do we want to define locales?, Scott Pittman, 09/11/2004
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Re: [pcplantdb] How do we want to define locales?,
Richard Archer, 09/11/2004
- Re: [pcplantdb] How do we want to define locales?, Plants For A Future, 09/12/2004
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[pcplantdb] How do we want to define locales?,
Chad Knepp, 09/11/2004
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Re: [pcplantdb] How do we want to define locales?,
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 09/11/2004
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Re: [pcplantdb] How do we want to define locales?,
Chad Knepp, 09/11/2004
- Re: [pcplantdb] How do we want to define locales?, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 09/11/2004
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Re: [pcplantdb] How do we want to define locales?,
Bear K, 09/11/2004
- Re: [pcplantdb] How do we want to define locales?, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 09/11/2004
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Re: [pcplantdb] How do we want to define locales?,
Lee Flier, 09/11/2004
- Re: [pcplantdb] How do we want to define locales?, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 09/12/2004
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Re: [pcplantdb] How do we want to define locales?,
Chad Knepp, 09/11/2004
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Re: [pcplantdb] How do we want to define locales?,
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 09/11/2004
- Re: [pcplantdb] How do we want to define locales?, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 09/11/2004
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Re: [pcplantdb] How do we want to define locales?,
Plants For A Future, 09/12/2004
- Re: [pcplantdb] How do we want to define locales?, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 09/12/2004
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Re: [pcplantdb] How do we want to define locales?,
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 09/11/2004
- Re: [pcplantdb] How do we want to define locales?, Plants For A Future, 09/12/2004
- Re: [pcplantdb] How do we want to define locales?, Stephanie Gerson, 09/14/2004
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