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lpolovets on July 7, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: List of open/public databases

www.factual.com has a lot of data, much of which is freely downloadable. There's also an API for data access.

Examples:

zip codes in the US: http://www.factual.com/t/MwwkkU/US_Zip_Codes

stock symbols: http://www.factual.com/t/jyqdWC/market_symbols

I work at Factual, so if you have feature requests/comments/complaints please let me know! I'm leo at factual dot com

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