Placecast™ by Date, Publication Date 2024.11.15

On November 15, 2024, 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	Less Than 5%	Less Than 10%	Less Than 50%	Less Than 100%	Greater Than 100%
Total	1,225,970	979,081	10	230,521	8,585	6,381	3,395	2,617
Academic Building	2,025	1,934	0	90	0	0	1	0
Airport Concourse	290	269	0	10	0	1	6	4
Airport Terminal	170	143	0	1	17	6	1	2
Amusement Park	2,368	2,232	0	103	18	12	1	2
Auto Dealership	27,930	27,096	0	761	46	13	13	2
Bank	4,248	4,202	0	45	0	1	1	0
Bar	124,227	112,301	0	11,794	28	29	44	31
Bus Garage Routes	255	255	0	0	0	0	0	0
Business	11,630	10,742	0	564	15	280	26	8
Car Wash Facility	37	37	0	0	0	0	0	0
Casino	1,991	1,673	0	201	9	104	0	4
Child Care Facility	247	245	0	2	0	0	0	0
Cinema	5,060	9,252	0	13	3	5	11	0
Coffee Shop	9,199	9,109	0	68	5	9	3	5
Commercial Airport	342	268	0	46	27	1	0	1
Community Center	169	167	0	2	0	0	0	0
Convenience Store	24,300	16,917	0	6,950	263	119	31	21
Convention Center	99	63	0	32	2	0	2	0
Country Club	223	216	0	4	1	2	0	0
Drugstore	12,150	12,088	0	50	2	5	5	0
Event	64	64	0	0	0	0	0	0
Event Detection	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Event Facility	341	319	0	22	0	0	0	0
Ferry	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fire Department	54	54	0	0	0	0	0	0
Food Court	55	31	0	19	2	0	3	0
Fraternal Organization	3,264	3,115	0	141	5	0	2	1
Gas Station	2,486	2,169	0	226	47	16	12	16
General Aviation Airport	243	230	0	1	10	0	2	0
Grocery Store	35,968	28,266	0	4,377	779	847	1,016	683
Gym	3,489	3,366	0	119	2	0	1	1
Hospital	1,507	1,486	0	15	0	4	1	1
Hotel	100,765	99,446	0	1,144	147	4	26	1
Indoor Rec	5,942	5,693	0	206	26	15	2	1
Institutional Housing	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Laundromat	381	381	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lifestyle Center	413	349	0	61	2	0	0	1
Liquor Store	1,918	1,601	0	222	35	54	2	4
Lobby	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Medical Office	6,494	4,261	10	1,437	142	437	130	87
Medical Office - Cardiology	619	592	0	20	0	2	2	3
Medical Office - Dentist Office	373	371	0	2	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Dermatology	650	633	0	15	2	0	0	0
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	236	226	0	6	0	1	2	1
Medical Office - Neurology	161	161	0	0	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Oncology	508	496	0	8	1	2	0	1
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	66	53	0	13	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Primary Care	6,719	6,543	0	133	2	15	19	7
Medical Office - Rheumatology	96	94	0	2	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Women's Health	621	604	0	15	0	0	1	1
Office Building	3,726	2,393	0	792	120	336	44	41
Outdoor Rec	481	477	0	4	0	0	0	0
Outlet Mall	162	162	0	0	0	0	0	0
Park	816	814	0	2	0	0	0	0
Parking Structure	1,250	1,116	0	120	1	1	3	9
Pedestrian Plaza	69	69	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quick Serve Restaurant	188,576	109,926	0	72,929	3,547	1,136	793	249
Residential Facility	7,088	5,875	0	1,207	1	1	0	4
Rest Stop	85	85	0	0	0	0	0	0
Retail	33,355	14,756	0	13,980	1,974	1,925	359	362
Shopping Center	7,101	5,569	0	1,453	27	6	27	19
Shopping Mall	4,088	3,181	0	380	147	149	101	130
Sitdown Restaurant	530,099	419,906	0	108,716	562	128	505	295
Spiritual Center	77	77	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stadium	716	645	0	35	36	0	0	0
Streetscape	64	64	0	0	0	0	0	0
Student Center	140	139	0	1	0	0	0	0
Theater	19,699	18,280	0	1,389	1	23	4	2
Tourist Attraction	22,752	20,226	0	499	528	691	192	616
Trail	50	50	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Hub	89	89	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Station	3,527	3,494	0	34	0	0	0	1
University Campus	266	266	0	0	0	0	0	0
University Dining	49	47	0	2	0	0	0	0
University Health Center	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0
University Housing	402	400	0	2	0	0	0	0
University Recreation Center	236	214	0	22	0	0	0	0
Warehouse and Manufacturing	568	902	0	14	3	1	1	0

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

Scores by Place Type

Place Type	Average Dwell Score - Previous	Average Dwell Score - Latest	Average Footprint Score - Previous	Average Footprint Score - Latest	Average Profile Score - Previous	Average Profile Score - Latest	Average Visit Score - Previous	Average Visit Score - Latest
Academic Building	0.77	0.77	-	0.68	0.92	0.92	0.71	0.71
Airport Concourse	0.69	0.69	-	0.74	0.90	0.90	0.71	0.71
Airport Terminal	0.69	0.68	-	0.72	0.91	0.91	0.65	0.65
Amusement Park	0.72	0.72	-	0.66	0.81	0.81	0.70	0.70
Auto Dealership	0.71	0.71	-	0.69	0.87	0.87	0.70	0.70
Bank	0.73	0.73	-	0.67	0.90	0.90	0.70	0.70
Bar	0.74	0.74	-	0.66	0.89	0.89	0.72	0.72
Bus Garage Routes	0.63	0.63	-	0.72	0.75	0.75	0.65	0.65
Business	0.78	0.78	-	0.67	0.94	0.94	0.81	0.81
Car Wash Facility	0.66	0.66	-	0.66	0.72	0.72	0.71	0.71
Casino	0.68	0.67	-	0.65	0.87	0.87	0.68	0.68
Child Care Facility	0.71	0.71	-	0.69	0.94	0.94	0.71	0.71
Cinema	0.89	0.89	-	0.67	0.80	0.80	0.89	0.89
Coffee Shop	0.71	0.71	-	0.66	0.86	0.86	0.70	0.70
Commercial Airport	0.75	0.75	-	0.70	0.72	0.72	0.73	0.73
Community Center	0.68	0.68	-	0.67	0.88	0.88	0.68	0.68
Convenience Store	0.69	0.69	-	0.66	0.90	0.90	0.71	0.71
Convention Center	0.77	0.78	-	0.63	0.80	0.81	0.69	0.69
Country Club	0.71	0.71	-	0.66	0.82	0.82	0.67	0.66
Drugstore	0.66	0.66	-	0.66	0.89	0.89	0.80	0.80
Event	0.63	0.63	-	0.62	0.75	0.75	0.68	0.68
Event Detection	0.48	0.47	-	0.46	0.65	0.65	0.49	0.49
Event Facility	0.73	0.73	-	0.66	0.85	0.85	0.79	0.79
Ferry	0.68	0.68	-	0.65	0.80	0.80	0.67	0.67
Fire Department	0.69	0.69	-	0.66	0.81	0.81	0.67	0.67
Food Court	0.73	0.73	-	0.65	0.71	0.71	0.62	0.62
Fraternal Organization	0.71	0.71	-	0.67	0.87	0.87	0.69	0.69
Gas Station	0.69	0.69	-	0.65	0.98	0.98	0.69	0.69
General Aviation Airport	0.70	0.70	-	0.64	0.81	0.81	0.69	0.69
Grocery Store	0.72	0.72	-	0.67	0.85	0.86	0.75	0.74
Gym	0.73	0.73	-	0.66	0.83	0.84	0.72	0.72
Hospital	0.65	0.65	-	0.68	0.69	0.69	0.72	0.72
Hotel	0.71	0.71	-	0.64	0.89	0.89	0.71	0.71
Indoor Rec	0.73	0.73	-	0.68	0.80	0.80	0.72	0.72
Institutional Housing	0.88	0.88	-	0.73	0.66	0.66	0.73	0.73
Laundromat	0.74	0.74	-	0.66	0.93	0.93	0.71	0.71
Lifestyle Center	0.66	0.66	-	0.66	0.73	0.73	0.68	0.68
Liquor Store	0.71	0.71	-	0.67	0.97	0.97	0.79	0.79
Lobby	-	-	-	-	0.75	0.70	-	-
Medical Office	0.69	0.68	-	0.69	0.85	0.85	0.71	0.70
Medical Office - Cardiology	0.71	0.71	-	0.70	0.85	0.85	0.79	0.79
Medical Office - Dentist Office	0.72	0.72	-	0.71	0.94	0.94	0.84	0.84
Medical Office - Dermatology	0.69	0.69	-	0.70	0.90	0.90	0.83	0.83
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	0.71	0.71	-	0.70	0.89	0.90	0.64	0.64
Medical Office - Neurology	0.69	0.69	-	0.68	0.88	0.88	0.65	0.65
Medical Office - Oncology	0.71	0.71	-	0.69	0.81	0.81	0.77	0.77
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	0.73	0.73	-	0.69	0.84	0.84	0.83	0.83
Medical Office - Primary Care	0.71	0.71	-	0.70	0.90	0.90	0.74	0.74
Medical Office - Rheumatology	0.70	0.70	-	0.70	0.87	0.87	0.64	0.64
Medical Office - Women's Health	0.71	0.71	-	0.71	0.83	0.83	0.79	0.79
Neighborhood	0.00	0.00	-	0.15	0.95	0.95	0.31	0.30
Office Building	0.70	0.70	-	0.65	0.77	0.77	0.70	0.70
Outdoor Rec	0.68	0.68	-	0.65	0.86	0.86	0.68	0.68
Outlet Mall	0.68	0.68	-	0.68	0.83	0.83	0.66	0.66
Park	0.74	0.74	-	0.65	0.89	0.89	0.68	0.68
Parking Structure	0.72	0.72	-	0.64	0.87	0.87	0.67	0.68
Pedestrian Plaza	0.73	0.73	-	0.68	0.72	0.72	0.64	0.64
Quick Serve Restaurant	0.71	0.71	-	0.66	0.88	0.88	0.69	0.69
Residential Facility	0.75	0.75	-	0.64	0.93	0.93	0.72	0.72
Rest Stop	0.67	0.67	-	0.68	0.89	0.89	0.69	0.69
Retail	0.72	0.72	-	0.67	0.91	0.91	0.78	0.78
Shopping Center	0.71	0.71	-	0.68	0.81	0.82	0.68	0.68
Shopping Mall	0.78	0.78	-	0.67	0.87	0.86	0.75	0.75
Sitdown Restaurant	0.73	0.73	-	0.66	0.84	0.84	0.71	0.71
Spiritual Center	0.71	0.71	-	0.68	0.83	0.83	0.65	0.65
Stadium	0.71	0.70	-	0.65	0.85	0.86	0.67	0.67
Streetscape	0.67	0.67	-	0.63	0.79	0.79	0.60	0.60
Student Center	0.77	0.77	-	0.65	0.80	0.80	0.69	0.69
Theater	0.72	0.72	-	0.66	0.81	0.81	0.69	0.69
Tourist Attraction	0.75	0.74	-	0.65	0.90	0.88	0.68	0.71
Trail	0.76	0.76	-	0.65	0.96	0.96	0.70	0.70
Transit Hub	0.70	0.70	-	0.62	0.82	0.82	0.62	0.62
Transit Station	0.69	0.69	-	0.65	0.93	0.93	0.66	0.66
University Campus	0.70	0.70	-	0.62	0.83	0.83	0.67	0.67
University Dining	0.93	0.93	-	0.66	0.91	0.91	0.83	0.83
University Health Center	-	-	-	-	0.84	0.84	-	-
University Housing	0.68	0.68	-	0.66	0.85	0.85	0.72	0.72
University Recreation Center	0.82	0.82	-	0.65	0.90	0.90	0.76	0.76
Warehouse and Manufacturing	0.81	0.81	-	0.65	0.66	0.66	0.80	0.80

Quality Assurance Summary

The Quality Assurance table for Vintage 2024.11.12 represents the first time reporting only places on the cleared list (see Cleared Places by Place Type). The Vintage 2024.11.12 includes 460,225 cleared places.

Check Type	Vintage 2024.11.12	Vintage 2024.10.11
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: 20241112_222558