<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 5:15 PM, Tod Fitch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tod@fitchdesign.com" target="_blank">tod@fitchdesign.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">The USPS has a web site for giving ZIP and ZIP+4 values for specified addresses at <a href="https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action?mode=0&refresh=true" target="_blank">https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action?mode=0&refresh=true</a></div>
</blockquote><div><br><a href="https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupResultsAction!input.action?resultMode=0&companyName=&address1=My_number+My_direction+My_street_name+My_street_type&address2=My_other_optional_stuff&city=My_state&state=My_state_code&urbanCode=&postalCode=&zip=">https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupResultsAction!input.action?resultMode=0&companyName=&address1=My_number+My_direction+My_street_name+My_street_type&address2=My_other_optional_stuff&city=My_state&state=My_state_code&urbanCode=&postalCode=&zip=</a>
 <br><br></div><div>That's the minimal url.  This interface is more for casual use.<br><br></div><div>I don't have a link but USPS have another method for sending up to five addresses per transaction.  They target this interface for smaller batches for small mailings such as 250 addresses a day.<br>
<br>They'd like you to use another paid for service for larger transactions.<br></div><div><div><br>There are some JOSM plugins that would be worthy of adding the five address transaction method to.<br><br><br><br><div>

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<div>What do people think about this? Is it a reasonable idea? Does it violate some rules that I am not aware of?</div><span class=""></span><br></div><div>Watch out for large buildings because you will receive multiple addresses back.  The zipcode are by floor and not by building.<br>
<br><br></div><div>Greg<br><br></div></span></span></div></div></div></div><br></div></div>