What this project is
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An excuse to scrape and clean some data with pandas,
process and
map it with Leaflet.JS, graph
it with Chart.JS, and review
event
handling in JavaScript, with a reasonably attractive result.
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A naive look at the cost of beer, coffee, and bread around the
world, based on crowdsourced data.
Data Sources
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City, Country, Latitude, Longitude, and Population data sourced
from Simple
Maps
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Region data sourced from
Wikimedia
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City ASCII column used for merging datasets
Data gathered from
Mapping
the World Prices 2019:
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cappuccino
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500 mL beer in neighbourhood pub
Expatistan data used with permission. Data gathered January 2021 on:
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bread for 2 people for 1 day
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cappuccino in expat area of the city
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500 mL or 16 oz. beer in neighbourhood pub
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500 mL or 16 oz. domestic beer in the supermarket
Numbeo
Data gathered January 2021 on:
Data gathered January 2021 on the price of a pint or local
equivalent, presumably in a neighbourhood pub