[postgis-users] extracting zipcode bundaries from tiger2005se basedata

[Bill Thoen]

What you want to extract are ZCTAs, which aren't the exact same thing as
ZIP codes, but they are the closest thing to them in the TIGER data. They
can be extracted like any other polygon layer. The list of ZCTAs is in the
'A' record type under ZCTA5CU and then you build the polygons using the
associated POLYID and CENID codes.

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 09:56:25AM -0700, Dylan Beaudette wrote:
> On the GeoServer website there are excellent directions on how to extract 
> specific information from the tiger2005 base data. However there are no 
> instructions covering the extraction of zipcode boundaries. Does anyone know 
> of a good way to go about doing this in postgis ? I already have the 
> tiger2005se database setup.