Placecast™ by Date, Publication Date 2023.05.22

On 2023.05.22, Motionworks published an update to its Placecast™ by Date product. While
the end-user schemas have not changed, the data pipeline process used to generate the
cleared places was updated based on internal audits and customer feedback.

Changes by Place Type

With each new release of Placecast by Date, Motionworks reviews changes at each place type and reports
whether the place had a material change in an hourly visit estimate. These changes are reported
in the table below and visualized in this PDF.

Place Type	Total Places	Immaterial Change	Removed for Auditing
Airport Concourse	252	252	0
Airport Terminal	144	144	0
Amusement Park	12	12	0
Auto Dealership	727	726	1
Bank	731	729	2
Bar	16,147	16,094	53
Bus Garage Routes	243	243	0
Business	1,453	1,449	4
Car Wash Facility	44	44	0
Casino	66	66	0
Coffee Shop	21	21	0
Commercial Airport	290	290	0
Community Center	24	24	0
Convenience Store	18,346	18,315	31
Convention Center	22	22	0
Country Club	51	51	0
Drugstore	10,189	10,177	12
Event Facility	53	52	1
Ferry	5	5	0
Fire Department	23	23	0
Food Court	10	10	0
Fraternal Organization	1,385	1,383	2
Gas Station	1,229	1,227	2
General Aviation Airport	55	55	0
Grocery Store	13,408	13,400	8
Gym	2,619	2,611	8
Hospital	458	457	1
Hotel	1,140	1,138	2
Laundromat	67	67	0
Lifestyle Center	82	82	0
Liquor Store	1,214	1,210	4
Medical Office	2,324	2,324	0
Medical Office - Cardiology	548	547	1
Medical Office - Dentist Office	320	318	2
Medical Office - Dermatology	577	577	0
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	196	195	1
Medical Office - Neurology	114	114	0
Medical Office - Oncology	447	446	1
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	44	44	0
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,974	5,967	7
Medical Office - Rheumatology	80	80	0
Medical Office - Women's Health	550	550	0
Office Building	292	292	0
Outdoor Rec	114	114	0
Outlet Mall	89	88	1
Park	23	23	0
Parking Structure	282	282	0
Pedestrian Plaza	4	4	0
Quick Serve Restaurant	983	982	1
Residential Facility	369	369	0
Rest Stop	67	67	0
Retail	13,438	13,423	15
Shopping Center	340	340	0
Shopping Mall	450	450	0
Sitdown Restaurant	5,876	5,857	19
Spiritual Center	15	15	0
Stadium	104	104	0
Theater	569	569	0
Tourist Attraction	45	45	0
Transit Hub	25	25	0
Transit Station	2,724	2,724	0
University Dining	4	4	0
Warehouse	299	299	0

*Immaterial changes are differences of less than ten visits per hour or if a place was new or modified.

Cleared Places by Place Type

Place Type	Places	Newly Added Cleared Places in Vintage 2023.05.22	Newly Removed Cleared Places in Vintage 2023.05.22	Previously Cleared
Airport Concourse	252	0	0	252
Airport Terminal	144	0	0	144
Amusement Park	12	0	0	12
Auto Dealership	726	1	1	726
Bank	729	1	2	730
Bar	16,094	73	53	16,074
Bus Garage Routes	243	0	0	243
Business	1,449	12	4	1,441
Car Wash Facility	44	1	0	43
Casino	66	1	0	65
Coffee Shop	21	0	0	21
Commercial Airport	290	2	0	288
Community Center	24	0	0	24
Convenience Store	18,315	205	31	18,141
Convention Center	22	0	0	22
Country Club	51	0	0	51
Drugstore	10,177	91	12	10,098
Event Facility	52	0	1	53
Ferry	5	0	0	5
Fire Department	23	0	0	23
Food Court	10	1	0	9
Fraternal Organization	1,383	2	2	1,383
Gas Station	1,227	3	2	1,226
General Aviation Airport	55	1	0	54
Grocery Store	13,400	54	8	13,354
Gym	2,611	8	8	2,611
Hospital	457	1	1	457
Hotel	1,138	4	2	1,136
Laundromat	67	0	0	67
Lifestyle Center	82	0	0	82
Liquor Store	1,210	4	4	1,210
Medical Office	2,324	6	0	2,318
Medical Office - Cardiology	547	2	1	546
Medical Office - Dentist Office	318	1	2	319
Medical Office - Dermatology	577	0	0	577
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	195	0	1	196
Medical Office - Neurology	114	0	0	114
Medical Office - Oncology	446	2	1	445
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	44	1	0	43
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,967	7	7	5,967
Medical Office - Rheumatology	80	0	0	80
Medical Office - Women's Health	550	0	0	550
Office Building	292	1	0	291
Outdoor Rec	114	1	0	113
Outlet Mall	88	0	1	89
Park	23	0	0	23
Parking Structure	282	152	0	130
Pedestrian Plaza	4	0	0	4
Quick Serve Restaurant	982	1	1	982
Residential Facility	369	0	0	369
Rest Stop	67	0	0	67
Retail	13,423	27	15	13,411
Shopping Center	340	1	0	339
Shopping Mall	450	0	0	450
Sitdown Restaurant	5,857	56	19	5,820
Spiritual Center	15	0	0	15
Stadium	104	0	0	104
Theater	569	0	0	569
Tourist Attraction	45	0	0	45
Transit Hub	25	0	0	25
Transit Station	2,724	8	0	2,716
University Dining	4	0	0	4
Warehouse	299	0	0	299

Future Roadmap

As Motionworks continues to expand its data sources, visits and occupancy at stations in transit systems
listed in the table below will see changes in future releases of Placecast by Date.

Transit System	Reason for Change
BART	Additional first-party data observations
City and County of San Francisco (Muni)	Rescaling based on additional station places
City of Charlotte North Carolina (Lynx)	Rescaling based on additional station places
County of Miami-Dade	Additional first-party data observations
Denton County Transportation Authority	Additional first-party data observations
King County (WA) Department of Metro Transit	Rescaling based on additional station places
Maryland Transit Administration	Additional first-party data observations
Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District	Additional first-party data observations
Portland TriMet	Additional first-party data observations
San Diego Metropolitan Transit System	Rescaling based on additional station places
Twin Cities (MN) Metro Transit	Rescaling based on additional station places

Quality Assurance Summary

The Quality Assurance table for Vintage 2023.05.22 represents the first time reporting only places on the
cleared list (see Cleared Places by Place Type). The Vintage 2023.05.22 includes 107,617 cleared places.

Check Type	Vintage 2023.05.22	Vintage 2023.05.14
error_arrivals_age_impossible	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_arrivals_age_nonsensical	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_arrivals_negative	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_arrivals_summation	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_duplicate	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_dwell_arrival	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_dwell_departure	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_dwell_min_null	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_dwell_negative	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_dwell_resident	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_dwell_transfer	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_dwell_visitor	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_dwell_worker	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_missing	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_occupancy_age_impossible	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_occupancy_age_nonsensical	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_occupancy_negative	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_occupancy_summation	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_processes	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_zero_total_arrivals	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
error_zero_total_occupancy	0 (0%)	0 (0%)

Check Type Definitions

Check Type	Definition
error_arrivals_age_impossible	Child visits are greater than total visits
error_arrivals_age_nonsensical	Visits where children travel alone.
error_arrivals_negative	Any visits value less than zero.
error_arrivals_summation	Segmented visits summation does not sum to the total visits
error_duplicate	Duplicate records
error_dwell_arrival	Arriving passenger visits with no arrival dwell
error_dwell_departure	Departing passenger visits with no departure dwell
error_dwell_min_null	Record missing dwell threshold
error_dwell_negative	Dwell time is less than zero
error_dwell_resident	Resident visits with no resident dwell
error_dwell_transfer	Transferring passenger visits with no transfer dwell
error_dwell_visitor	Guest visits with no guest dwell
error_dwell_worker	Worker visits with no worker dwell
error_missing	The place is missing entirely from reporting
error_occupancy_age_impossible	Child occupancy is greater than total occupancy
error_occupancy_age_nonsensical	Occupancy where children are left alone
error_occupancy_negative	Any occupancy is less than zero
error_occupancy_summation	Segmented occupancy summation does not sum to total occupancy
error_processes	Two or more place processes for the same place
error_zero_total_arrivals	Segmented visits are greater than zero, but total visits are zero
error_zero_total_occupancy	Segmented occupancy is greater than zero, but total occupancy is zero

Release: 20230522_132353