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Re:Stop Using Zip Codes for Geospatial Analysis (2019) by kstrauser on Friday February 07, 2025 @04:37PM (#42977755)
Is that still true? I would imagine any reasonably modern computer could map every physical address in a huge region to a (route number, stop number) pair. I wouldn't think the +4 would add a lot of value anymore.
Re:Stop Using Zip Codes for Geospatial Analysis (2019) by bluGill on Friday February 07, 2025 @07:27PM (#42979111)
The sort everything outgoing by where it goes on the truck is valuable. sure computers can sort but this is physical things and so mechanical limits apply.