9/9/2020

Outline

  • Unacast
  • Data format and size
  • Analysis 1: Trail heat
  • Analysis 2: March 2020 Distance to Home
  • Analysis 3: Device level
  • Analysis 4: Day in the life
  • Analysis 5: HCA travel
  • Analysis 6: SNAPP proposal
  • Data quality and limitations
  • Next steps

Unacast

  • A company that captures and re-sells smartphone location data.
  • Social Distancing Scoreboard
  • 500,000 daily active users in Colorado, 2000 mobile apps
  • 110 million MAU in US?
  • 12 mo contract, $2500 per month, daily csv file ($30,000 per year)
  • $3500 per mo for state, $9000 for US
  • Tesh Patel
  • Brian, Mo, Colin, Harris, Christy at BCPOS
  • neighborhood level and device level
  • data samples: neigh level 12/1/19 - 4/28/20; device level Monthy of May 2019, May 2020, and June 2020.

Data format and size

  • Neighborhood level; attributed shapes stored in a single csv file; 7 - 10 mb for OSMP/BCPOS combined extent
  • Device level; tabular xy coordinates in 50 csv files; 8-9 GB for the state, 100 million records; 4.7 million in our extent

Analysis 1: Trail heat

Analysis 2: March 2020 Distance to Home

Analysis 3: Device level

Analysis 4: Day in the life

Analysis 5: HCA travel

Analysis 6: SNAPP proposal

Data quality and limitations

  • Proof of concept seems strong (can see patterns among trails, and trends in time)
  • Signal breaks down for less visited places
  • 10x underestimate visitation
  • Includes BCPOS and OSMP

Next steps