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My team scheduled a trip to Boston and played a series of games at the rink now known as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rinkatlas.com\/?guid=377&amp;source=linkto\">Matthews Arena<\/a>, where <a href=\"http:\/\/gonu.com\/\">Northeastern University<\/a> plays.<\/p>\n<p>In those days the arena was generally known as Boston Arena, but was also referred to by some people as &#8220;The Old Boston Garden&#8221;, since it was the original home of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonbruins.com\/\">Boston Bruins<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nba.com\/celtics\/\">Boston Celtics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think the Internet, as we know it today, existed back then. However, I can see that was a case where we would have needed a <b>location-based search capability<\/b> rather than a rink name-based search.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the features I added to the RinkAtlas search tool:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Search by City and State<\/b>: Now if you type &#8220;Boston, MA&#8221; or &#8220;Philadelphia PA&#8221;, you&#8217;ll get a list of all of the rinks in the RinkAtlas database with addresses in that city.<\/li>\n<li><b>Search by Five Digit Zip Code<\/b>: If you type &#8220;12180&#8221; (the main five digit Zip Code for Troy, NY), or some other Zip Code, you&#8217;ll get a list of rinks in the RinkAtlas database that are physically located within that Zip Code.<\/li>\n<li><b>Search by State Abbreviation<\/b>: If you type a two letter state abbreviation, you&#8217;ll get a list of all of the rinks located in that state. That&#8217;s potentially hundreds of rinks in states like Massachusetts, Michigan, and Minnesota, but might make sense for some of the states where there are few indoor ice facilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to enclose your search in quotation marks. The quotation marks above were for illustrative purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a couple of things to keep in mind about these new capabilities:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b>Use two-character state abbreviations such as &#8220;MA&#8221;, &#8220;NJ&#8221;, and &#8220;GA&#8221;<\/b>. If you spell out the name of the state or use a different abbreviation such as &#8220;Mass&#8221; or &#8220;Penn&#8221;, RinkAtlas won&#8217;t understand the query.<\/li>\n<li><b>Include the city and state together for city \/ state searches to work properly<\/b>. The comma between city and state is optional. 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