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THU, 12 NOV · 87 ITEMS
"USPS officially offers ZIP Code boundary polygons for developers" — Hacker News (best) · United States
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has officially started selling for developers, providing the authoritative geographic outlines of ZIP Codes for the first time. Previously, only approximate boundaries () from the Census Bureau were freely available, while USPS itself did not sell polygon data. The new product is reportedly priced at $10,000 per year, a major shift for developers working on address validation, logistics, and geographic targeting.
The claim is highly solid as it comes from an official USPS release (primary source). Multiple independent sources, including Reddit discussions and tech articles from the past two days, confirm the announcement and add specific details about pricing and availability.
This is genuinely new news, with the first reports appearing just 2 days ago (mid-July 2026).