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This type of analysis can be invaluable

Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2024 4:44 am
by phonedata
The GeoNearest() function operates in the same manner, except that it returns the index of the latlong pair within the list. This can be wrapped within the Index() function to then cyprus mobile number example return the name of the closest station/stop. The right-hand side of the screenshot below shows the start of the section showing the name of the railway station to return.

The Apteco Datathon: 4. The property market in Melbourne

Other expression functions within the Location family can be used to find the Nth nearest if required. In this example we’ve used over 200 train station locations and over 1,000 tram stop locations, but the same logic would have applied if we had six or 60,000 location points of interest. In a marketing context, to finding customers located within a particular distance of any store. We’ve used this approach previously to find distance to nearest airport, nearest cinema and nearest post office within the whole of the UK.

Visualising using maps
The mapping capabilities of FastStats enable insights from analysis that have a geographical basis to be explored, visualised, and communicated.

Thematic maps
The first two maps in this section are thematic maps showing the distribution of numbers of sold properties and the average property price broken down by postcode area within Melbourne. The first shows that more properties are sold in and around the city centre area and near suburbs, with the number of sales in outer suburbs dropping off reasonably quickly.