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I edited the KML ZCTA population map that I posted on 2/22/09. For my uses, it’s important that I be able to calculate distances between ZCTAs. To calculate these distances, I use the center of each ZCTA. To avoid complex centroid calculations, and since the Census Bureau’s ZCTA boundary data includes the centers so [...]

My research thus far in grad school has been concentrated around using computer science and GIS tools/techniques to help solve medical problems.  For one of the problems I’m working on, I need access to ZCTA boundaries and population counts for each ZCTA.  For those of you that don’t know, ZCTA stands for ZIP-code tabulation [...]