Comments on: ZIP Code Map of Switzerland http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~akuhn/blog/2008/zip-code-map-of-switzerland/ Random notes on software, programming and languages. Thu, 24 May 2012 10:29:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Robert Kosara http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~akuhn/blog/2008/zip-code-map-of-switzerland/comment-page-1/#comment-210 Robert Kosara Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:10:57 +0000 http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~akuhn/blog/?p=31#comment-210 Neat! But you're wrong about the US map, the maps are all colored by state or province, not by numerical zip code. That wouldn't even work for some countries that have alphanumeric postal codes, like the UK. Having said that, I've been thinking about doing maps that show the numerical regions in a hierarchical way, I just haven't found a good way of doing that - one that is visually pleasing and yet shows a lot of information. Neat! But you’re wrong about the US map, the maps are all colored by state or province, not by numerical zip code. That wouldn’t even work for some countries that have alphanumeric postal codes, like the UK.

Having said that, I’ve been thinking about doing maps that show the numerical regions in a hierarchical way, I just haven’t found a good way of doing that - one that is visually pleasing and yet shows a lot of information.

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