Placecast™ by Date, Publication Date 2023.06.12

On 2023.06.12, 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.

The following areas were updated during this process:

Medical Office and Hospitals visits methodology has been changed, and all locations for these place types are measured through direct measurement.

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	Less Than 5%	Less Than 10%	Less Than 50%	Less Than 100%	Greater Than 100%
Airport Concourse	255	255	0	0	0	0	0	0
Airport Terminal	145	145	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amusement Park	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0
Auto Dealership	729	729	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bank	729	729	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bar	16,102	16,096	6	0	0	0	0	0
Bus Garage Routes	243	243	0	0	0	0	0	0
Business	1,451	1,451	0	0	0	0	0	0
Car Wash Facility	44	44	0	0	0	0	0	0
Casino	66	66	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coffee Shop	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0
Commercial Airport	291	291	0	0	0	0	0	0
Community Center	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0
Convenience Store	18,366	18,360	6	0	0	0	0	0
Convention Center	72	71	1	0	0	0	0	0
Country Club	51	51	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drugstore	10,183	10,176	5	2	0	0	0	0
Event Facility	60	60	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ferry	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fire Department	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0
Food Court	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fraternal Organization	1,384	1,384	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gas Station	1,227	1,227	0	0	0	0	0	0
General Aviation Airport	55	55	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grocery Store	13,406	13,404	2	0	0	0	0	0
Gym	2,611	2,611	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hospital	457	363	76	12	2	4	0	0
Hotel	1,138	1,138	0	0	0	0	0	0
Laundromat	67	67	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lifestyle Center	83	83	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liquor Store	1,214	1,214	0	0	0	0	0	0
Medical Office	2,401	1,939	99	51	8	83	53	168
Medical Office - Cardiology	581	86	72	45	17	99	94	168
Medical Office - Dentist Office	322	322	0	0	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Dermatology	598	65	123	27	9	101	99	174
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	214	76	28	46	2	16	9	37
Medical Office - Neurology	121	41	15	29	2	13	8	13
Medical Office - Oncology	468	26	92	12	10	89	107	132
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	51	50	0	0	0	1	0	0
Medical Office - Primary Care	6,343	917	1,032	334	154	1,120	1,119	1,667
Medical Office - Rheumatology	89	28	9	17	1	8	1	25
Medical Office - Women's Health	585	66	93	20	9	84	101	212
Office Building	292	289	3	0	0	0	0	0
Outdoor Rec	121	121	0	0	0	0	0	0
Outlet Mall	88	88	0	0	0	0	0	0
Park	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0
Parking Structure	283	283	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pedestrian Plaza	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quick Serve Restaurant	982	982	0	0	0	0	0	0
Residential Facility	370	370	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rest Stop	67	67	0	0	0	0	0	0
Retail	13,434	13,433	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shopping Center	340	340	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shopping Mall	450	450	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sitdown Restaurant	5,857	5,853	4	0	0	0	0	0
Spiritual Center	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stadium	163	163	0	0	0	0	0	0
Theater	613	613	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tourist Attraction	46	46	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Hub	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Station	2,724	2,724	0	0	0	0	0	0
University Dining	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Warehouse	299	299	0	0	0	0	0	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 2023.06.12	Newly Removed Cleared Places in Vintage 2023.06.12	Previously Cleared
Airport Concourse	255	3	0	252
Airport Terminal	145	1	0	144
Amusement Park	12	0	0	12
Auto Dealership	729	0	0	729
Bank	729	1	0	728
Bar	16,096	4	6	16,098
Bus Garage Routes	243	0	0	243
Business	1,451	1	0	1,450
Car Wash Facility	44	0	0	44
Casino	66	0	0	66
Coffee Shop	21	0	0	21
Commercial Airport	291	1	0	290
Community Center	26	2	0	24
Convenience Store	18,360	47	6	18,319
Convention Center	71	50	1	22
Country Club	51	0	0	51
Drugstore	10,178	4	5	10,179
Event Facility	60	8	0	52
Ferry	5	0	0	5
Fire Department	23	0	0	23
Food Court	10	0	0	10
Fraternal Organization	1,384	1	0	1,383
Gas Station	1,227	0	0	1,227
General Aviation Airport	55	0	0	55
Grocery Store	13,404	6	2	13,400
Gym	2,611	0	0	2,611
Hospital	381	1	76	456
Hotel	1,138	0	0	1,138
Laundromat	67	0	0	67
Lifestyle Center	83	1	0	82
Liquor Store	1,214	1	0	1,213
Medical Office	2,302	75	99	2,326
Medical Office - Cardiology	509	34	72	547
Medical Office - Dentist Office	322	4	0	318
Medical Office - Dermatology	475	21	123	577
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	186	19	28	195
Medical Office - Neurology	106	7	15	114
Medical Office - Oncology	376	22	92	446
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	51	7	0	44
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,312	374	1,031	5,969
Medical Office - Rheumatology	80	9	9	80
Medical Office - Women's Health	492	35	93	550
Office Building	289	0	3	292
Outdoor Rec	121	7	0	114
Outlet Mall	88	0	0	88
Park	25	2	0	23
Parking Structure	283	1	0	282
Pedestrian Plaza	4	0	0	4
Quick Serve Restaurant	982	0	0	982
Residential Facility	370	1	0	369
Rest Stop	67	0	0	67
Retail	13,433	9	1	13,425
Shopping Center	340	0	0	340
Shopping Mall	450	0	0	450
Sitdown Restaurant	5,853	1	4	5,856
Spiritual Center	15	0	0	15
Stadium	163	59	0	104
Theater	613	44	0	569
Tourist Attraction	46	1	0	45
Transit Hub	25	0	0	25
Transit Station	2,724	0	0	2,724
University Dining	4	0	0	4
Warehouse	299	0	0	299

Quality Assurance Summary

The Quality Assurance table for Vintage 2023.06.12 represents the first time reporting only places on the cleared list (see Cleared Places by Place Type). The Vintage 2023.06.12 includes 106,835 cleared places.

Check Type	Vintage 2023.06.12	Vintage 2023.05.29
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: 20230612_002216