Cross posted on the BustedJeep.com OT Forum, JU CJ Forum and in JU OT (eDodgeball)...
This is probably gonna get moved or locked.
Anyone wanna help me look into gas prices?
I am looking into doing a little weekend study on gas proces here in the Corpus Christi area. The study will involve GPS, geographic information systems, and data such as demographics of a particular area, chain store names, proximity to a refinery, and gas prices. I want to try to tie fuel procing to demographics such as average income of a particular area and maybe even predominant ethnicity. I have noticed some troubling trends in the last several months.
How does this relate to CJ Tech...well...I can reach pretty far out there and tell you that it DIRECTLY impacts your ability to drive your CJ. If you can't afford the gasoline, you can't drive it...plain and simple.
So, if you want to get involved in this, here's what I need from you.
1.) GPS coordinates of each gas station surveyed and its ZIP code. Please don't send me LAT/LONG coordinates as they are a PITA to input into the GIS. I need coordinates in UTM with the UTM zone as well.
2.) Price of fuel at each gas station. Break the proces down by gasoline grade if you can.
3.) Demographic information for that area IF YOU CAN GET IT. If not, I can probably find it on the internet.
4.) Predominant type of vehicle seen at a particular station at the time that you surveyed it.
5.) Any other observations that you make that you feel may be pertinent to the overall study data.
I will try to analyze the data using research-type statistics. If you can put the data into an Excel spreadsheet or a Access database, it would be most helpful. Also, if you can get information pertaining to transportation costs for gasoline in your area, that might be important as a scaling factor.
Thanks!!!