We are trying to create a tool where a user would:
1) Enter in their "home" zip code
2) Enter in a radius in miles
3) Hit an "Update" button.
Once the user hit the Update button, the screen would show all zip codes, all cities and all counties within the specified number of miles from the home zip code. Can these Census tools be used to create such a system?
It would be nice to be able to pass in an optional parameter like &coordinates=1 and have the latitude and longitude points of each result returned in a new variable. For example, a state (or block group, tract, etc) would have a coordinate field with the array of lat/lon points of the state outline. Yes it would be a larger amount of data being returned, but it's optional. To save size, the coordinates could be ...more »
It would be nice to be able to pass in an optional parameter like &coordinates=1 and have the latitude and longitude points of each result returned in a new variable. For example, a state (or block group, tract, etc) would have a coordinate field with the array of lat/lon points of the state outline.
Yes it would be a larger amount of data being returned, but it's optional. To save size, the coordinates could be encoded and save 3-5 times the data, like here: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/utilities/polylinealgorithm
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