ZIP Codes: Connecting the Dots

Posted on December 6, 2006 
Filed Under Technology

I bet you don’t know what the “ZIP” in ZIP code stands for. The ZIP in ZIP code is actually an acronym for “Zoning Improvement Plan.”

I bet you don’t know what would happen if you were to connect all the ZIP codes in the US in ascending order? Eagereyes.org here did it, and it turns out that there are some pretty patterns when it’s done.
US Map made by connecting the dots between Zip Codes

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