Placecast™ by Date Version 2.1, Publication Date 2024.04.14

On April 14, 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	916,271	716,127	1	169,439	5,340	18,590	4,497	2,290
Academic Building	2,134	2,060	0	33	21	6	11	3
Airport Concourse	286	286	0	0	0	0	0	0
Airport Gate	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Airport Terminal	168	167	0	1	0	0	0	0
Amusement Park	54	54	0	0	0	0	0	0
Auto Dealership	27,937	27,830	0	63	11	29	4	0
Bank	3,943	3,926	0	18	0	0	0	0
Bar	106,782	79,709	0	25,292	1,015	596	85	89
Bus Garage Routes	255	255	0	0	0	0	0	0
Business	10,420	6,308	1	2,570	698	717	67	59
Car Wash Facility	51	50	0	1	0	0	0	0
Casino	965	869	0	36	16	19	16	9
Child Care Facility	249	249	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coffee Shop	9,183	8,989	0	154	20	17	2	1
Commercial Airport	342	302	0	40	0	0	0	0
Community Center	237	206	0	8	16	4	0	3
Convenience Store	22,636	20,468	0	2,046	0	108	9	5
Convention Center	116	78	0	15	21	2	0	0
Country Club	102	91	0	1	7	0	0	3
Drugstore	11,940	11,250	0	644	4	33	7	3
Event	62	62	0	0	0	0	0	0
Event Detection	10	8	0	0	1	0	0	1
Event Facility	282	181	0	87	4	3	7	0
Ferry	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fire Department	39	39	0	0	0	0	0	0
Food Court	56	38	0	18	0	0	0	0
Fraternal Organization	2,904	2,740	0	117	18	24	5	0
Gas Station	2,956	2,647	0	259	18	18	7	7
General Aviation Airport	200	185	0	13	0	1	1	0
Grocery Store	17,471	16,097	0	1,292	19	35	19	9
Gym	3,450	3,431	0	16	0	3	0	0
Hospital	1,438	1,433	0	5	0	0	0	0
Hotel	87,828	80,296	0	7,298	190	18	20	7
Indoor Rec	3,382	2,722	0	413	53	124	39	31
Institutional Housing	80	80	0	0	0	0	0	0
Laundromat	372	366	0	3	0	3	0	0
Lifestyle Center	255	231	0	20	0	1	1	2
Liquor Store	1,657	1,654	0	1	0	1	1	0
Lobby	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Medical Office	6,341	5,745	0	265	0	326	3	2
Medical Office - Cardiology	619	588	0	29	0	2	0	0
Medical Office - Dentist Office	359	357	0	1	0	1	0	0
Medical Office - Dermatology	644	619	0	25	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	236	229	0	7	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Neurology	156	149	0	7	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Oncology	507	383	0	109	0	0	15	0
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	66	60	0	3	0	3	0	0
Medical Office - Primary Care	6,726	6,590	0	96	0	38	2	0
Medical Office - Rheumatology	96	95	0	1	0	0	0	0
Medical Office - Women's Health	621	583	0	36	0	1	0	1
Office Building	3,684	3,039	0	618	13	9	2	3
Outdoor Rec	472	362	0	56	8	39	2	5
Outlet Mall	145	145	0	0	0	0	0	0
Park	496	496	0	0	0	0	0	0
Parking Structure	1,199	1,014	0	80	79	19	1	6
Pedestrian Plaza	66	59	0	6	0	1	0	0
Quick Serve Restaurant	137,659	108,581	0	23,359	492	3,799	863	566
Residential Facility	6,257	4,133	0	1,856	132	62	64	10
Rest Stop	92	92	0	0	0	0	0	0
Retail	37,431	33,078	0	4,116	147	39	44	9
Shopping Center	4,564	3,791	0	758	5	4	3	3
Shopping Mall	1,448	1,279	0	143	24	0	0	2
Sitdown Restaurant	378,481	263,288	0	96,243	2,144	12,220	3,164	1,425
Spiritual Center	82	82	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stadium	690	643	0	42	0	5	0	0
Streetscape	58	49	0	2	0	7	0	0
Student Center	145	109	0	30	0	5	0	1
Theater	1,085	1,061	0	24	0	0	0	0
Tourist Attraction	902	826	0	42	13	6	8	7
Trail	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Hub	43	43	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transit Station	3,421	2,091	0	962	145	195	17	11
University Campus	173	171	0	2	0	0	0	0
University Dining	30	20	0	2	1	2	4	1
University Health Center	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	0
University Housing	335	238	0	39	4	45	3	6
University Recreation Center	179	178	0	1	0	0	0	0
Warehouse	465	450	0	13	1	0	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	0.76	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	0.65	0.65
Amusement Park	0.70	0.70	-	0.64	0.79	0.79	0.67	0.67
Auto Dealership	0.71	0.71	-	0.69	0.88	0.88	0.70	0.70
Bank	0.73	0.73	-	0.67	0.89	0.89	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	0.76	0.76	-	0.67	0.94	0.94	0.81	0.81
Car Wash Facility	0.69	0.69	-	0.66	0.77	0.77	0.70	0.70
Casino	0.66	0.66	-	0.66	0.87	0.87	0.67	0.68
Child Care Facility	0.71	0.71	-	0.69	0.94	0.94	0.72	0.72
Coffee Shop	0.71	0.71	-	0.67	0.86	0.86	0.70	0.70
Commercial Airport	0.70	0.70	-	0.72	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70
Community Center	0.70	0.69	-	0.68	0.85	0.85	0.70	0.69
Convenience Store	0.69	0.69	-	0.66	0.89	0.89	0.71	0.71
Convention Center	0.69	0.69	-	0.62	0.83	0.83	0.70	0.70
Country Club	0.74	0.81	-	0.68	0.90	0.84	0.77	0.77
Drugstore	0.66	0.66	-	0.66	0.89	0.89	0.80	0.80
Event	0.61	0.61	-	0.62	0.80	0.80	0.69	0.69
Event Detection	0.51	0.66	-	0.71	0.60	0.69	0.63	0.84
Event Facility	0.72	0.72	-	0.66	0.85	0.85	0.79	0.79
Ferry	0.63	0.63	-	0.62	0.65	0.65	0.64	0.64
Fire Department	0.68	0.68	-	0.65	0.83	0.83	0.67	0.67
Food Court	0.74	0.74	-	0.66	0.75	0.75	0.63	0.63
Fraternal Organization	0.71	0.71	-	0.67	0.87	0.87	0.68	0.68
Gas Station	0.70	0.70	-	0.66	0.98	0.98	0.69	0.69
General Aviation Airport	0.69	0.69	-	0.64	0.82	0.81	0.69	0.69
Grocery Store	0.70	0.70	-	0.67	0.86	0.86	0.76	0.76
Gym	0.73	0.73	-	0.66	0.83	0.83	0.72	0.72
Hospital	0.64	0.64	-	0.69	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	0.77	0.79	0.73	0.73
Institutional Housing	0.68	0.68	-	0.67	0.82	0.82	0.79	0.79
Laundromat	0.74	0.74	-	0.66	0.93	0.93	0.71	0.71
Lifestyle Center	0.66	0.65	-	0.66	0.73	0.72	0.69	0.69
Liquor Store	0.71	0.71	-	0.66	0.97	0.97	0.79	0.79
Medical Office	0.68	0.69	-	0.70	0.85	0.85	0.71	0.71
Medical Office - Cardiology	0.70	0.70	-	0.70	0.85	0.85	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	0.70	-	0.70	0.90	0.90	0.82	0.82
Medical Office - Gastroenterology	0.72	0.72	-	0.70	0.90	0.90	0.63	0.63
Medical Office - Neurology	0.71	0.72	-	0.69	0.88	0.88	0.65	0.65
Medical Office - Oncology	0.68	0.68	-	0.69	0.81	0.81	0.77	0.77
Medical Office - Physical Therapy	0.73	0.73	-	0.68	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	0.78	0.78
Neighborhood	0.00	0.00	-	0.12	0.95	0.96	0.35	0.34
Office Building	0.71	0.71	-	0.65	0.77	0.77	0.70	0.70
Outdoor Rec	0.70	0.70	-	0.65	0.87	0.86	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	0.89	0.70	0.70
Parking Structure	0.72	0.72	-	0.64	0.87	0.87	0.67	0.67
Pedestrian Plaza	0.71	0.71	-	0.70	0.73	0.73	0.62	0.62
Quick Serve Restaurant	0.70	0.70	-	0.66	0.88	0.89	0.68	0.68
Residential Facility	0.76	0.75	-	0.64	0.93	0.93	0.72	0.72
Rest Stop	0.67	0.67	-	0.68	0.83	0.83	0.69	0.69
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	0.81	0.68	0.68
Shopping Mall	0.75	0.75	-	0.69	0.88	0.88	0.72	0.72
Sitdown Restaurant	0.72	0.73	-	0.66	0.85	0.85	0.71	0.71
Spiritual Center	0.76	0.76	-	0.67	0.80	0.80	0.67	0.67
Stadium	0.70	0.70	-	0.64	0.86	0.86	0.67	0.67
Streetscape	0.69	0.69	-	0.64	0.81	0.81	0.62	0.61
Student Center	0.79	0.78	-	0.66	0.81	0.80	0.70	0.70
Theater	0.74	0.74	-	0.66	0.90	0.90	0.79	0.79
Tourist Attraction	0.68	0.68	-	0.64	0.83	0.83	0.64	0.64
Trail	0.65	0.65	-	0.62	0.79	0.79	0.67	0.67
Transit Hub	0.66	0.66	-	0.62	0.85	0.85	0.64	0.64
Transit Station	0.70	0.70	-	0.65	0.93	0.93	0.67	0.67
University Campus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
University Dining	0.74	0.79	-	0.65	0.92	0.91	0.84	0.84
University Health Center	0.65	0.65	-	0.88	0.91	0.91	0.81	0.81
University Housing	0.69	0.68	-	0.66	0.86	0.85	0.69	0.68
University Recreation Center	0.80	0.80	-	0.65	0.92	0.92	0.76	0.76
Warehouse	0.71	0.71	-	0.65	0.77	0.77	0.74	0.74

Quality Assurance Summary

The Quality Assurance table for Vintage 2024.04.14 represents the first time reporting only places on the cleared list (see Cleared Places by Place Type). The Vintage 2024.04.14 includes 460,837 cleared places.

Check Type	Vintage 2024.04.14	Vintage 2024.03.27
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: 20240414_133123