Origins
Overview
The Origins feed groups visitation to properties of interest by the Census Block Groups where visitors live.
This feed's data enables businesses to integrate data based on regions for extended location analysis.
Configuration
| Configuration aspect | Available options descriptions |
|---|---|
| Data granularity | Monthly |
| File formats | CSV |
| Metrics selection | Visits |
| Regions | The Census Block Group(CBG) is currently available as the visitors' home region. |
| Feeds time frame | The feed's timeframe can be configured to commence from January 2017 or any later date. |
| Delivery methods | Please refer to the following Delivery Details for all supported Origins feed delivery options. |
| Delivery Schedule | The feed is delivered on the 15th of each month. |
| Control files | Not supported |
| Success file | Not supported |
| Amazon SNS notification | Not supported |
Deliverables and Schemas
Metrics
Please refer to the definition and structure of the metrics file:
| Column | Description | Type | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| publication_date | Data publication date | ISO-8601 | 2023-01-01 |
| entity_id | Placer's entity ID | string | '5965fca0173f564b883c222e' |
| entity_type | Entity type. Supported entity types: venue, complex, chain, and billboard. | string | 'venue' |
| start_date | Data start date. | ISO-8601 | 2018-04-15 |
| end_date | Data end date (inclusive) | ISO-8601 | 2018-04-15 |
| region_code | The code of the region where visitors to the POI were located. For the CBG type of region, the FIPS code is presented. | string | '360470163003' |
| region_type | The type of region where visitors to the POI were located. | string | 'cbg' |
| origin_type | The type of origin - Home/Work. I.e. List of CBGs that are considered as the home location of visitors to the POI * As of now supporting home type of origin only. | String | Home |
| visits | The estimated foottraffic measured from the specific region to the POI for the date range. Total of: 1 column | long | 5000000 |
POI Metadata
Please refer to the following page for the POI metadata schema.
Regions metadata
Please refer to the following attributes provided as part of the regions' metadata file.
| Column | Description | Type | Sample value |
|---|---|---|---|
| publication_date | Data publication date | ISO-8601 | 2023-01-01 |
| region_code | The code of the region where visitors to the POI were located. For the CBG type of region, the FIPS code is presented. | String | '360470163003' |
| region_type | The type of region where visitors to the POI were located. | string | 'cbg' |
| population | The population within the CBG, based on Census2019. | string | 4536288 |
Sample files
Sample Origins regions metadata file
Grow and expand
Follow our announcements regarding additional attributes (metadata) and metrics.
New metadata attributes will be announced and delivered to you once released.
Please contact your customer support manager to receive new/additional metrics as part of your feed.
Columns order
Please be aware that the order of columns may change slightly due to the continuous addition of data to the export and its associated metadata.
Privacy comes first
Placer is a privacy-first company, and like all our product this feed conforms to our privacy policy as is described in our Trust Center. In situations where the content of this feed conflicts with our privacy policy, the conflicting data points will be redacted from the files. Sparsely populated CBGs may not be included in the feed to align with Placer’s privacy policy.
Updated 3 months ago