Re: USDA hardiness map

**m* l* <m*@earthlink.net>**

Mary Ann, there are websites that id zones by zip: one is 
www.arborday.org/trees/whatzone.html and another is 
www.garden.org/b2b/zipzone/index.asp .  I tested the first url, not 
the second. Margaret Lauterbach

>Hey all,
>
>I am working on a website and need to tie the USDA hardiness map to 
>the site so when people type in
>their zip it tells me what hardiness zone they are in........... 
>What isn't coming together is the
>dataset. I have contacted three offices for the USDA, Oregon State 
>University (who originally said
>they had it and then said don't have it but know where to get it and 
>then said they don't know where
>to get it), Washington State, The Aboretum
>  Society (who owns the dataset but won't sell it) and several 
> government agencies. The data exists,
>but crossing Zip and the USDA data, along with City, is a challenge.
>
>Any suggestions OH GREAT WISE GARDEN WRITING TEAM?
>
>Thanks as always,
>Mary Ann Newcomer
>www.idahogardener.com

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