Placecast™ by Date Version 2.1, Publication Date 2024.03.11

On March 11, 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	Less Than 5%	Less Than 10%	Less Than 50%	Less Than 100%	Greater Than 100%
Total	844,548	672,268	141,351	9,113	13,487	5,131	3,215
Academic Building	2,109	1,986	117	1	1	1	3
Airport Concourse	286	283	2	0	0	1	0
Airport Gate	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
Airport Terminal	168	167	1	0	0	0	0
Amusement Park	54	47	5	1	0	0	1
Auto Dealership	27,937	26,517	1,166	143	24	45	42
Bank	3,943	3,406	168	98	229	20	23
Bar	105,578	96,098	8,541	479	175	152	137
Bus Garage Routes	255	245	6	0	3	1	0
Business	10,034	9,484	308	4	196	26	16
Car Wash Facility	50	50	0	0	0	0	0
Casino	859	764	31	53	4	4	3
Child Care Facility	249	227	7	0	2	1	12
Coffee Shop	9,115	8,120	854	15	65	35	26
Commercial Airport	342	291	43	0	2	2	4
Community Center	205	170	13	8	8	3	3
Convenience Store	21,346	16,446	4,354	170	216	94	68
Convention Center	114	112	2	0	0	0	0
Country Club	100	93	7	0	0	0	0
Drugstore	11,903	9,777	1,708	238	77	55	48
Event	62	60	1	0	0	0	1
Event Detection	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
Event Facility	264	233	25	1	0	1	4
Ferry	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Fire Department	39	39	0	0	0	0	0
Food Court	49	20	15	2	12	0	0
Fraternal Organization	2,897	2,540	126	103	82	29	17
Gas Station	2,824	2,720	82	14	0	4	4
General Aviation Airport	197	175	21	0	0	1	0
Grocery Store	17,337	14,511	2,408	145	117	89	68
Gym	3,450	3,004	257	105	54	15	15
Hospital	1,431	1,305	83	4	16	13	10
Hotel	86,285	54,893	24,616	2,489	3,100	770	417
Indoor Rec	2,956	2,570	301	19	32	16	18
Institutional Housing	80	78	1	0	0	1	0
Laundromat	371	354	4	0	6	1	6
Lifestyle Center	254	232	6	0	12	3	1
Liquor Store	1,572	1,408	106	35	5	12	6
Lobby	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Medical Office	6,327	5,336	813	1	74	49	54
Medical Office - Cardiology	619	347	155	86	2	26	3
Medical Office - Dentist Office	359	327	27	0	1	0	4
Medical Office - Dermatology	643	518	106	1	0	15	3
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	236	116	29	0	89	1	1
Medical Office - Neurology	156	83	16	0	1	55	1
Medical Office - Oncology	506	267	194	0	24	15	6
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	66	47	16	0	3	0	0
Medical Office - Primary Care	6,723	4,596	679	331	858	174	85
Medical Office - Rheumatology	96	45	8	0	4	35	4
Medical Office - Women's Health	620	358	139	68	30	21	4
Office Building	3,614	2,922	666	1	8	7	10
Outdoor Rec	428	400	23	0	0	1	4
Outlet Mall	145	144	1	0	0	0	0
Park	496	453	39	1	1	0	2
Parking Structure	1,082	977	74	1	21	3	6
Pedestrian Plaza	63	63	0	0	0	0	0
Quick Serve Restaurant	128,912	102,592	22,636	2,259	345	570	511
Residential Facility	6,019	4,841	1,045	2	45	62	26
Rest Stop	92	89	1	0	0	2	0
Retail	36,205	32,530	3,066	221	149	109	135
Shopping Center	4,490	4,140	302	13	4	23	8
Shopping Mall	1,446	1,415	23	0	4	4	0
Sitdown Restaurant	323,464	244,898	65,282	1,997	7,359	2,551	1,378
Spiritual Center	82	82	0	0	0	0	0
Stadium	687	629	52	2	1	1	2
Streetscape	57	57	0	0	0	0	0
Student Center	141	137	3	0	0	1	0
Theater	1,081	954	105	1	16	1	4
Tourist Attraction	883	795	82	1	2	1	2
Trail	11	10	1	0	0	0	0
Transit Hub	42	42	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Station	2,877	2,592	281	0	1	3	0
University Campus	172	172	0	0	0	0	0
University Dining	27	25	2	0	0	0	0
University Health Center	28	28	0	0	0	0	0
University Housing	287	240	35	0	0	4	8
University Recreation Center	179	163	16	0	0	0	0
Warehouse	453	397	46	0	7	2	1

*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	0.76	0.76	-	0.68	0.91	0.92	0.71	0.71
Airport Concourse	0.69	0.69	-	0.74	0.90	0.90	0.71	0.71
Airport Terminal	0.68	0.68	-	0.73	0.91	0.91	0.64	0.65
Amusement Park	0.70	0.70	-	0.64	0.79	0.79	0.68	0.67
Auto Dealership	0.71	0.71	-	0.69	0.87	0.89	0.70	0.70
Bank	0.72	0.73	-	0.67	0.89	0.90	0.70	0.70
Bar	0.74	0.74	-	0.66	0.89	0.90	0.71	0.72
Bus Garage Routes	0.63	0.63	-	0.72	0.76	0.78	0.65	0.65
Business	0.76	0.76	-	0.67	0.94	0.94	0.79	0.81
Car Wash Facility	0.69	0.69	-	0.66	0.77	0.78	0.71	0.71
Casino	0.65	0.66	-	0.65	0.87	0.87	0.67	0.67
Child Care Facility	0.72	0.71	-	0.69	0.94	0.95	0.71	0.72
Coffee Shop	0.70	0.71	-	0.67	0.85	0.87	0.69	0.70
Commercial Airport	0.70	0.70	-	0.72	0.71	0.73	0.70	0.70
Community Center	0.69	0.70	-	0.67	0.84	0.86	0.69	0.70
Convenience Store	0.69	0.69	-	0.66	0.89	0.91	0.71	0.71
Convention Center	0.69	0.69	-	0.62	0.82	0.83	0.70	0.70
Country Club	0.74	0.74	-	0.68	0.89	0.91	0.78	0.77
Drugstore	0.66	0.66	-	0.66	0.88	0.89	0.79	0.80
Event	0.61	0.62	-	0.62	0.80	0.80	0.69	0.69
Event Detection	0.47	0.64	-	0.59	0.65	0.67	0.49	0.52
Event Facility	0.74	0.74	-	0.66	0.86	0.88	0.79	0.79
Ferry	0.63	0.63	-	0.62	0.65	0.65	0.64	0.64
Fire Department	0.67	0.68	-	0.65	0.83	0.83	0.66	0.66
Food Court	0.71	0.70	-	0.68	0.76	0.76	0.68	0.66
Fraternal Organization	0.71	0.71	-	0.67	0.82	0.85	0.68	0.69
Gas Station	0.70	0.70	-	0.66	0.98	0.98	0.69	0.69
General Aviation Airport	0.69	0.69	-	0.65	0.81	0.83	0.69	0.69
Grocery Store	0.70	0.70	-	0.67	0.85	0.86	0.75	0.75
Gym	0.72	0.73	-	0.66	0.85	0.84	0.72	0.72
Hospital	0.65	0.64	-	0.69	0.70	0.77	0.70	0.72
Hotel	0.70	0.70	-	0.64	0.88	0.90	0.70	0.70
Indoor Rec	0.73	0.73	-	0.67	0.77	0.78	0.72	0.73
Institutional Housing	0.68	0.68	-	0.66	0.93	0.83	0.79	0.79
Laundromat	0.74	0.74	-	0.66	0.93	0.94	0.71	0.71
Lifestyle Center	0.65	0.66	-	0.66	0.73	0.75	0.68	0.69
Liquor Store	0.71	0.71	-	0.66	0.97	0.97	0.78	0.79
Medical Office	0.68	0.68	-	0.70	0.85	0.87	0.70	0.70
Medical Office - Cardiology	0.69	0.70	-	0.70	0.82	0.88	0.78	0.78
Medical Office - Dentist Office	0.73	0.73	-	0.71	0.94	0.94	0.84	0.84
Medical Office - Dermatology	0.70	0.69	-	0.70	0.90	0.92	0.82	0.83
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	0.72	0.72	-	0.70	0.88	0.90	0.63	0.63
Medical Office - Neurology	0.72	0.71	-	0.69	0.87	0.89	0.65	0.65
Medical Office - Oncology	0.67	0.68	-	0.69	0.80	0.83	0.76	0.77
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	0.75	0.75	-	0.68	0.84	0.86	0.83	0.83
Medical Office - Primary Care	0.71	0.71	-	0.70	0.90	0.91	0.73	0.74
Medical Office - Rheumatology	0.70	0.71	-	0.70	0.86	0.85	0.64	0.65
Medical Office - Women's Health	0.69	0.71	-	0.71	0.82	0.84	0.78	0.78
Neighborhood	0.00	0.01	-	0.11	0.95	0.96	0.36	0.36
Office Building	0.70	0.71	-	0.65	0.77	0.81	0.69	0.70
Outdoor Rec	0.70	0.69	-	0.65	0.87	0.87	0.68	0.68
Outlet Mall	0.67	0.67	-	0.69	0.82	0.82	0.66	0.66
Park	0.75	0.75	-	0.67	0.89	0.90	0.69	0.70
Parking Structure	0.72	0.72	-	0.64	0.87	0.88	0.67	0.67
Pedestrian Plaza	0.71	0.71	-	0.71	0.74	0.74	0.62	0.62
Quick Serve Restaurant	0.70	0.70	-	0.66	0.88	0.89	0.68	0.68
Residential Facility	0.75	0.75	-	0.64	0.93	0.93	0.72	0.72
Rest Stop	0.67	0.67	-	0.68	0.82	0.87	0.68	0.68
Retail	0.71	0.71	-	0.68	0.91	0.91	0.79	0.79
Shopping Center	0.70	0.70	-	0.68	0.82	0.82	0.68	0.68
Shopping Mall	0.74	0.75	-	0.69	0.88	0.88	0.71	0.72
Sitdown Restaurant	0.72	0.72	-	0.66	0.84	0.86	0.70	0.71
Spiritual Center	0.76	0.76	-	0.67	0.81	0.83	0.67	0.67
Stadium	0.70	0.70	-	0.64	0.86	0.87	0.66	0.67
Streetscape	0.69	0.69	-	0.64	0.81	0.83	0.61	0.61
Student Center	0.74	0.78	-	0.66	0.80	0.81	0.68	0.70
Theater	0.73	0.73	-	0.66	0.90	0.90	0.79	0.79
Tourist Attraction	0.67	0.68	-	0.64	0.84	0.84	0.64	0.64
Trail	0.65	0.65	-	0.62	0.79	0.80	0.67	0.67
Transit Hub	0.66	0.66	-	0.62	0.85	0.86	0.64	0.64
Transit Station	0.70	0.70	-	0.65	0.93	0.93	0.67	0.67
University Dining	0.71	0.74	-	0.67	0.91	0.91	0.83	0.83
University Health Center	0.65	0.65	-	0.88	0.90	0.90	0.81	0.81
University Housing	0.68	0.68	-	0.66	0.90	0.86	0.69	0.69
University Recreation Center	0.80	0.80	-	0.65	0.92	0.92	0.76	0.76
Warehouse	0.71	0.71	-	0.65	0.79	0.83	0.70	0.74

Quality Assurance Summary

The Quality Assurance table for Vintage 2024.03.11 represents the first time reporting only places on the cleared list (see Cleared Places by Place Type). The Vintage 2024.03.11 includes 460,846 cleared places.

Check Type	Vintage 2024.03.11	Vintage 2024.03.04
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: 20240311_112146