zip_distance: Calculate the distance between two ZIP codes in miles

In zipcodeR: Data & Functions for Working with US ZIP Codes

Calculate the distance between two ZIP codes in miles

Description

Calculate the distance between two ZIP codes in miles

Usage

zip_distance(zipcode_a, zipcode_b, lonlat = TRUE, units = "miles")

Arguments

zipcode_a	First vector of ZIP codes
zipcode_b	Second vector of ZIP codes
lonlat	lonlat argument to pass to raster::pointDistance() to select method of distance calculation. Default is TRUE to calculate distance over a spherical projection. FALSE will calculate the distance in Euclidean (planar) space.
units	Specify which units to return distance calculations in. Choices include meters or miles.

Value

a data.frame containing a column for each ZIP code and a new column containing the distance between the two columns of ZIP code

Examples

zip_distance("08731", "08901")

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