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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:20:48 EST
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- From: Ben Chi <BEC@ALBANY.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: lookup of city names and zip codes
- In-Reply-To: Message of Thu, 21 Jan 1993 11:16:56 EST from <VARENAS@DUVM>
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- On Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:42:00 +0100 <Rob.vanHoboken@RC.TUDELFT.NL> said:
- >I remember there is a server that has the name of most every US city
- >plus statistics e.g. ZIP code, population, ICBM coordinates.
- >One could telnet to this server to obtain the data.
- >Where is this server again?
-
- You telnet to martini.eecs.umich.edu (141.212.99.9), port 3000. To get
- more information, do this and immediately type "help". (You don't have
- to log in.) Or to see a sample of its service, type, say, wallawalla .
-
- We have a pretty nice VM client written by Ken Hornstein at PSU called gfind.
- Here's a sample of its output:
-
- GFIND WALLA WALLA
- Connecting to University of Michigan Geography Server -- one moment please...
- Sending query ...
-
- There were 2 matches ...
-
- Name: Walla Walla
- What it is: City/Town
- Location: Cumberland County, Illinois
- Elevation above sea level: 585 ft
- Coordinates: 39 12 03 N 88 11 32 W
-
- Name: Walla Walla
- What it is: City/Town
- Location: Walla Walla County, Washington
- 1980 Census Population: 25618
- Elevation above sea level: 926 ft
- Coordinates: 46 03 53 N 118 20 31 W
- Special Notes: county seat
- Zip Code(s): 99362
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- Ken's client uses, in turn, his REXTCPIP module. You can reach Ken at
- KXH105@PSUVM.
- /b
-