Context

During my PhD I became interested in geo-spatial analysis of prices. I found out a great dataset published by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, and I would like to share it with the data science community! I elaborated the dataset to provide an easier utilization compared to the original source, merging two csv files in a single view.

Content

This data records prices for different type of automotive fuel (Gasoline, Diesel, Methane, GPL, Specialty fuels, ...) in all gas stations in Italy, which are required to communicate their prices to the Ministry. Prices are in Eur/liter (except Methane, which is in Eur/Kg). The "self_service" flag indicates if price is for self service pumps (flag = 0 means the price include service from an operator). Gas stations are categorized according to their location type: Motorways ("Autostrade" in Italian), Highways ("Strada Statale" in Italian), Other ("Altro"in Italian). Original data is released daily in an experimental fashion. Geographical coordinates are not systematically checked. Many records needs cleaning, as some reported price is unrealistic.

Acknowledgements

Original data retrieved on December 1st 2021 from official page of the Italian Ministry of Economic Development: Page Link (in Italian)

Licensing of original data: Italian Open Data Licence 2.0. Link to licence (in Italian) Original metadata (in Italian)

Shapefile with Italian Regions from ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Office). Updated as of Jan 01st 2021. Link to original page.

Population grid from WorldPop. Updated as of Jan01st 2021. [Link to original page]https://hub.worldpop.org/geodata/summary?id=49997).

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