Placecast™ by Date Version 2.0, Publication Date 2023.09.07

On September 7, 2023, 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 50%	Less Than 100%	Greater Than 100%
Total	109,610	109,091	395	2	10	96	17
Academic Building	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Airport Concourse	257	257	0	0	0	0	0
Airport Terminal	145	145	0	0	0	0	0
Amusement Park	12	12	0	0	0	0	0
Auto Dealership	730	730	0	0	0	0	0
Bank	728	724	4	0	0	0	0
Bar	16,528	16,429	97	0	1	1	0
Bus Garage Routes	243	243	0	0	0	0	0
Business	1,446	1,439	7	0	0	0	0
Car Wash Facility	46	46	0	0	0	0	0
Casino	69	67	2	0	0	0	0
Child Care Facility	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Coffee Shop	23	23	0	0	0	0	0
Commercial Airport	291	291	0	0	0	0	0
Community Center	30	30	0	0	0	0	0
Convenience Store	18,029	17,956	73	0	0	0	0
Convention Center	75	73	2	0	0	0	0
Country Club	53	53	0	0	0	0	0
Drugstore	10,275	10,253	22	0	0	0	0
Event Facility	75	74	1	0	0	0	0
Ferry	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
Fire Department	23	23	0	0	0	0	0
Food Court	14	13	1	0	0	0	0
Fraternal Organization	1,403	1,398	5	0	0	0	0
Gas Station	1,430	1,428	2	0	0	0	0
General Aviation Airport	57	57	0	0	0	0	0
Grocery Store	13,764	13,693	71	0	0	0	0
Gym	2,644	2,635	9	0	0	0	0
Hospital	443	441	2	0	0	0	0
Hotel	1,158	1,153	5	0	0	0	0
Indoor Rec	47	47	0	0	0	0	0
Laundromat	72	72	0	0	0	0	0
Lifestyle Center	85	83	1	0	0	1	0
Liquor Store	1,200	1,198	2	0	0	0	0
Medical Office	2,334	2,314	20	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Cardiology	520	520	0	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Dentist Office	330	330	0	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Dermatology	525	525	0	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	197	197	0	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Neurology	109	109	0	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Oncology	383	382	1	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	56	56	0	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,790	5,785	5	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Rheumatology	84	84	0	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Women's Health	513	513	0	0	0	0	0
Office Building	314	313	0	0	1	0	0
Outdoor Rec	146	146	0	0	0	0	0
Outlet Mall	92	92	0	0	0	0	0
Park	31	31	0	0	0	0	0
Parking Structure	286	283	3	0	0	0	0
Pedestrian Plaza	7	7	0	0	0	0	0
Quick Serve Restaurant	988	987	1	0	0	0	0
Residential Facility	437	314	12	0	6	92	14
Rest Stop	67	67	0	0	0	0	0
Retail	13,457	13,442	15	0	0	0	0
Shopping Center	312	312	0	0	0	0	0
Shopping Mall	473	472	1	0	0	0	0
Sitdown Restaurant	6,523	6,505	17	0	0	1	0
Spiritual Center	15	15	0	0	0	0	0
Stadium	450	437	13	0	0	0	0
Theater	637	634	1	1	1	0	0
Tourist Attraction	52	52	0	0	0	0	0
Trail	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Hub	26	22	0	1	0	1	2
Transit Station	2,743	2,741	0	0	1	0	1
University Dining	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
Warehouse	302	302	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	Total Places	Newly Cleared Places	Newly Added Cleared Places in Vintage 2023.09.07	Newly Removed Cleared Places in Vintage 2023.09.07	Previously Cleared
Total	109,610	109,225	1,534	385	108,076
Academic Building	3	3	0	0	3
Airport Concourse	257	257	0	0	257
Airport Terminal	145	145	0	0	145
Amusement Park	12	12	0	0	12
Auto Dealership	730	730	1	0	729
Bank	728	724	0	4	728
Bar	16,528	16,431	237	97	16,291
Bus Garage Routes	243	243	0	0	243
Business	1,446	1,439	48	7	1,398
Car Wash Facility	46	46	2	0	44
Casino	69	67	1	2	68
Child Care Facility	1	1	0	0	1
Coffee Shop	23	23	0	0	23
Commercial Airport	291	291	0	0	291
Community Center	30	30	0	0	30
Convenience Store	18,029	17,956	11	73	18,018
Convention Center	75	73	1	2	74
Country Club	53	53	1	0	52
Drugstore	10,275	10,253	3	22	10,272
Event Facility	75	74	6	1	69
Ferry	5	5	0	0	5
Fire Department	23	23	0	0	23
Food Court	14	13	0	1	14
Fraternal Organization	1,403	1,398	0	5	1,403
Gas Station	1,430	1,428	0	2	1,430
General Aviation Airport	57	57	0	0	57
Grocery Store	13,764	13,693	143	71	13,621
Gym	2,644	2,635	10	9	2,634
Hospital	443	441	43	2	400
Hotel	1,158	1,153	11	5	1,147
Indoor Rec	47	47	0	0	47
Laundromat	72	72	0	0	72
Lifestyle Center	85	84	3	1	82
Liquor Store	1,200	1,198	2	2	1,198
Medical Office	2,334	2,314	48	20	2,286
Medical Office - Cardiology	520	520	19	0	501
Medical Office - Dentist Office	330	330	5	0	325
Medical Office - Dermatology	525	525	19	0	506
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	197	197	3	0	194
Medical Office - Neurology	109	109	1	0	108
Medical Office - Oncology	383	382	5	1	378
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	56	56	2	0	54
Medical Office - Primary Care	5,790	5,785	261	5	5,529
Medical Office - Rheumatology	84	84	3	0	81
Medical Office - Women's Health	513	513	5	0	508
Office Building	314	314	20	0	294
Outdoor Rec	146	146	3	0	143
Outlet Mall	92	92	4	0	88
Park	31	31	2	0	29
Parking Structure	286	283	0	3	286
Pedestrian Plaza	7	7	0	0	7
Quick Serve Restaurant	988	987	18	1	970
Residential Facility	437	435	50	2	387
Rest Stop	67	67	0	0	67
Retail	13,457	13,442	12	15	13,445
Shopping Center	312	312	2	0	310
Shopping Mall	473	472	10	1	463
Sitdown Restaurant	6,523	6,506	245	17	6,278
Spiritual Center	15	15	0	0	15
Stadium	450	437	259	13	191
Theater	637	636	12	1	625
Tourist Attraction	52	52	0	0	52
Trail	2	2	0	0	2
Transit Hub	26	26	0	0	26
Transit Station	2,743	2,743	2	0	2,741
University Dining	5	5	1	0	4
Warehouse	302	302	0	0	302

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 2023.09.07 represents the first time reporting only places on the cleared list (see Cleared Places by Place Type). The Vintage 2023.09.07 includes 109,610 cleared places.

Check Type	Vintage 2023.09.07	Vintage 2023.08.25
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: 20230905_032159