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Name: klenwell
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Sunday, October 01, 2006
Public Data Sets
There are a few public data sets that are immensely useful for developers, collected by the government, and should be much easier to locate than they are. Here are as close as I have been able to find to definitive lists:
US Zip Codes
census.gov (viz., ZCTA listing)
US Area Codes
nanpa.com (viz., all states utilized codes listing)
US College and University Codes
fau.edu
It would be nice if the government kept master data files on this information that they made free and open for download -- if not a public database with open API!
Perhaps organizing this into a public database could be the next phase of the databug project.
keyword: public, datasets, data, zipcode, area code, FICE, Title IV
US Zip Codes
census.gov (viz., ZCTA listing)
US Area Codes
nanpa.com (viz., all states utilized codes listing)
US College and University Codes
fau.edu
It would be nice if the government kept master data files on this information that they made free and open for download -- if not a public database with open API!
Perhaps organizing this into a public database could be the next phase of the databug project.
keyword: public, datasets, data, zipcode, area code, FICE, Title IV
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