zip-center

zip-center is a small program that accepts a list of zip codes on the command line, and finds a zip code that is located at the input zip codes' center. A database of zip codes is included with the distribution.

Example usage:

./zip-center 92612 92677 92656
got 92612 / lat: 33.66 / lon: -117.83 / CA / IRVINE / ORANGE
got 92677 / lat: 33.52 / lon: -117.71 / CA / LAGUNA NIGUEL / ORANGE
got 92656 / lat: 33.57 / lon: -117.71 / CA / ALISO VIEJO / ORANGE
result is 92698 / lat: 33.61 / lon: -117.74 / CA / ALISO VIEJO / ORANGE

92612: about 6.0 miles from 92698 as the crow flies
92677: about 6.3 miles from 92698 as the crow flies
92656: about 3.2 miles from 92698 as the crow flies

The code is GPLv3 licensed.

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