Hi, and welcome to my first post!

I'm sure you've all seen those 'find the nearest' scripts. You type in your zip/postcode, and you're presented with a number of results of locations/shops in close proximity to you.

I'm looking for a free script that does just that, and preferably for the UK (or at least adaptable). I've been googlin' for almost an hour, but cannot find one. I'm sure there must be loads, I've got the uk postcode database if that would help.

If anyone could help, I'd be extremely grateful.

Thanks in advance,

    Try searching in this forum. You'll find: http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10272986
    and several other threads.

    Basically, you'll need a zip/postal code database that includes lattitude and longitude coordinates. With that info, you can then compare the coordinates with the others and determine range.

    I posted a C app that plugs into MySQL that allows MySQL to find ranges really easily from a SQL query. That might be a way to go. Another person posted about Postgres and PostGIS (if I remember correctly). Postgres has soem tricks available to it as well...

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