Heat map of UK Range Rover ownership

[Hazlett]

Has anyone any ideas of how a heat map of Range Rover ownership in the UK might be compiled?

 

[mealiejimmy]

By "heat map" I assume you mean how common the vehicle is in different areas of the country
If that is the case then AutoTrader?
Search Range Rovers for sale by post code and assume that the number for sale is a some proportion of the total in circulation?

Cheers

Bruce

 

[long_range_rob]

The new SVR Rangie is about the most stolen vehicle nationwide these days.

 

[Hazlett]

By "heat map" I assume you mean how common the vehicle is in different areas of the country
If that is the case then AutoTrader?
Search Range Rovers for sale by post code and assume that the number for sale is a some proportion of the total in circulation?

Cheers

Bruce

That's a good idea - I could grid out an array of postcodes and see the number for sale within a set radius. Not perfect but an indication... Ha, perhaps one for the winter evenings!

 

[Hazlett]

The new SVR Rangie is about the most stolen vehicle nationwide these days.

I wonder how to capture the geographical distribution of the theft data...

 

[reiver]

I wish someone would steal my RR they probably won’t get far and then provably bring it back !!

 

[Foxyboy43]

The new SVR Rangie is about the most stolen vehicle nationwide these days.

Sooo that being so just go thermal cos they will all be “hot”….

 

[Mungo]

Has anyone any ideas of how a heat map of Range Rover ownership in the UK might be compiled?

Do you have access to ArcGis or can you use Qgis?

Easy in both. But one is fearsomely expensive (£2700 p/a license) and the other takes about 3 weeks to learn to use.

Otherwise, there is no simple solution short of paying someone else to do it.

 

[Mungo]

Though I now realise you’re probably asking about how to get the data, rather than present it..,

 

[JockStalk]

Would it not simply be the reverse of “the happiest places to live”?

 

[Stuart Mitchell]

Has anyone any ideas of how a heat map of Range Rover ownership in the UK might be compiled?

Look for all the garage owners running around in Ferraris...

 

[HonestJohn]

Is the purpose of the exercise to see if there is a strong correlation coefficient to either areas of high wealth? Or areas of poor education? You’ll probably find both are near 1. The former due to new vehicles, and the latter due to used vehicles owned by drug dealers, scaffolders and skip hirers wives - likely ‘tuned’

 

[Hazlett]

Though I now realise you’re probably asking about how to get the data, rather than present it..,

Yes indeed, wondering how to acquire data... as for presenting it, I am still using MapInfo...

 

[Hazlett]

Would it not simply be the reverse of “the happiest places to live”?

It would be brilliant to compare the two datasets...

 

[Hazlett]

Is the purpose of the exercise to see if there is a strong correlation coefficient to either areas of high wealth? Or areas of poor education? You’ll probably find both are near 1. The former due to new vehicles, and the latter due to used vehicles owned by drug dealers, scaffolders and skip hirers wives - likely ‘tuned’

It would be interesting to compare with a map of high wealth but I don't think it would be as close a match as @JockStalk 's suggestion...!

 

[HonestJohn]

It would be interesting to compare with a map of high wealth but I don't think it would be as close a match as @JockStalk 's suggestion...!

Likely new cars in wealth areas and used in ‘aspirational’ wealth areas I suspect

 

[finbar]

Champagne life style
Coca Cola money

 

[Mungo]

Yes indeed, wondering how to acquire data... as for presenting it, I am still using MapInfo...

Oh my!

Do you still have a MySpace account?

 

[Hazlett]

Oh my!

Do you still have a MySpace account?

Hahaha! Well, while I can still remember the peculiar query syntax I'm going to carry on dodging the ArcGis £penalty.

 

[Cyres]

Might be easier to do a search for RR dealerships.
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