Posted by
Russell McOrmond-2 on
Mar 26, 2007; 4:08pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/MPs-by-postal-code-tp959p981.html
Daniel Haran wrote:
> Ages ago I inquired with Canada Post about using one of their data
> products and was told they did not see a web service as
> redistribution, which significantly changes the licensing cost.
I am wondering if someone has the time to do the footwork to check
with Statistics Canada on the PCFRF file. If it turns out that a web
service would not be a problem, then I can talk to the people at Make
Poverty History about setting up a web service for this type of thing.
I'd envision some XML-RPC type of service, similar to the ECTOOLS
scripts at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/campaigntoolz/ .
They may be willing in exchange for credit for running the web
service, which can hopefully drive more 'human' traffic to their site
that would then generate more letters to MPs/etc.
(I would do it, but I'm a bit over-booked for the next little while..)
--
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