Basecast™ by Date Version 2.0, Publication Date 2024.02.15
7 months ago by Clint Daniels
On February 15, 2024, Motionworks published an updated Version 2 to its Basecast™ by Date product. Version 2 will eventually replace Version 1 as the default record of travel in the United States. Version 2 includes a full daily history for each county and DMA in the United States from January 1, 2019 through January 30, 2024.
This updated release includes a number of key changes from Version 1:
- Panel device scaling has transitioned to more robust methods and segmentation that includes total daily distance traveled.
- Panel device scaling includes 28 geographic segmentations.
- County and DMA imputation now includes additional imputation strategies based on nearest neighbors and geographic scaling.
- Home location of devices are now more sticky to a usual home location across two or more months.
- Additional auditing to ensure no null or empty records.
The full validation report for this release can be found here.
Known Issues
- Extreme values have been identified on January 2, 2023.