This article describes how a user can find objects that are near a city, state or zip code. The main screen shows a zip code field, city field and state field. The user can ener EITHER zip or city and state.

When a zip code is entered, the website will display by default all summits near the city. If the zip code is not found, a message is displayed accordingly. If the city and state is entered, the website will first check to see if the city is found. If the city is found within the state, the site will then check to see if there are multiple zip codes for the city.

If only one zip code is found, the webite will automatically display objects and features for that zip code. If more than one zip code is found, the website displays a list of all zip codes for each city.

The mountainpeaks.net database maintains latititude and longitide coordinates at the zip code level. The lat and lon are then used to determine what objects are near the selected city.