Alabama Zip Code: ZIP is an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan. Alabama Zip Code data available in our US City State ZIP Codes database. Contains Alabama Zip Code and listings for ZIP codes and FIPS codes for all counties within the United States.
Alabama Zip Code sample data, Alabama Zip Code downloads, and Alabama Zip Code datasets available online.
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Monthly updated release of every 5-digit U.S. postal ZIP code. Contains over 42,700 officially recognized city, state, ZIP codes as well as over 33,700 alternate city name aliases.
GPS is a satellite-based radionavigation system developed and operated by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). GPS permits land, sea, and airborne users to determine their three-dimensional position, velocity, and time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world with a precision and accuracy far better than other radionavigation systems available today or in the foreseeable future.
Land features: Geographical databases of natural and artificial land features from around the world.
Land feature database products available from MeridianWorldData.com include:
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- Parks. Includes commons, parks, park gates, park headquarters, and squares.
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- Trails. Includes trails.
- Uplands. Includes heaths and uplands.
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Installation and Use of data files
The data files are uncompressed and can be used directly off the CD-ROM. For ease of use, however, you may wish to copy the files onto a hard drive with sufficient available room. To copy the data files from the CD-ROM use the appropriate copy/move command for your operating system type. For example, MS DOS users can use the DOS COPY command; Windows users can use the Windows File Manager Explorer.
The ASCII text files can be used to import into database applications. The file type is ANSI ASCII text; the row delimiter is carriage return and line feed {CR/LF}; the column delimiter is tab; there is no text qualifier; and the column names are contained within the first record.
The Microsoft Access data requires Microsoft Access installed on a Windows computer.
The HTML files can be viewed in any HTML v3.0 compliant browser, such as Microsoft Explorer and Netscape Navigator.
GIS – Geographical Information Systems
A computer system for capturing, storing, checking, integrating, manipulating, analyzing and displaying data related to positions on the Earth's surface. Typically, a GIS is used for handling maps of one kind or another. These might be represented as several different layers where each layer holds