This PowerShell script prints the geographic location of the given zip-code.
PS> ./locate-zip-code.ps1 [[-CountryCode] <String>] [[-ZipCode] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
-CountryCode <String>
Specifies the country code
Required? false
Position? 1
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-ZipCode <String>
Specifies the zip code
Required? false
Position? 2
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
[<CommonParameters>]
This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction,
WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.
PS> ./locate-zip-code.ps1 de 87600
* DE 87600 Kaufbeuren is at 47.8824°N, 10.6219°W
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Prints the geo location of a zip-code
.DESCRIPTION
This PowerShell script prints the geographic location of the given zip-code.
.PARAMETER CountryCode
Specifies the country code
.PARAMETER ZipCode
Specifies the zip code
.EXAMPLE
PS> ./locate-zip-code.ps1 de 87600
* DE 87600 Kaufbeuren is at 47.8824°N, 10.6219°W
.LINK
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>
param([string]$CountryCode = "", [string]$ZipCode = "")
try {
if ($CountryCode -eq "" ) { $CountryCode = read-host "Enter the country code" }
if ($ZipCode -eq "" ) { $ZipCode = read-host "Enter the zip code" }
write-progress "Reading zip-codes.csv..."
$Table = import-csv "$PSScriptRoot/../data/zip-codes.csv"
$FoundOne = 0
foreach($Row in $Table) {
if ($Row.country -eq $CountryCode) {
if ($Row.postal_code -eq $ZipCode) {
$Country=$Row.country
$City = $Row.city
$Lat = $Row.latitude
$Lon = $Row.longitude
write-output "* $Country $ZipCode $City is at $Lat°N, $Lon°W"
$FoundOne = 1
}
}
}
if ($FoundOne) {
exit 0 # success
}
throw "Zip-code $ZipCode in country $CountryCode not found"
} catch {
"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
exit 1
}
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