‘Footfall’ is a time-series statistic that is used to measure the number of people is received within in a specific location and a given timeframe.

Aggregated footfall data is used to compare the popularity of each point of installation; historical data can be gathered and stored over time and can be used to monitor an increase or decrease in visitors.

Footfall counters are automatic, sensing technology-based approaches for quantifying footfall statistics. This technology is also often referred to as ‘pedestrian counters’ or ‘people counters’.

Businesses and Retailers measure footfall for a variety of reasons: to gain valuable analytics and key performance indicators, to improve the visitor experience, to save money, to see current occupancy and to optimise operations.

Community agencies use footfall to measure attendance as a foundation for budgeting, staffing, and service requests while combatting increasing financial pressures.

Our battery-powered and wireless Customer Feedback (Moodbox) Counters gather valuable customer satisfaction data with five separate smiley buttons that send data automatically to the choice of On-Premise or Cloud Dashboards.

We've recently updated our ePortal Cloud Dashboard with new visual data analytic charts to assist our customers in gaining insights into customer feedback and building customer loyalty across various locations.

The new performance analytics charts include:

• Feedback Type Totals
• Moodbox Activity
• Overall Median Satisfaction Score
• Daily Feedback Comparison Across Selected Locations
• Feedback Percentage Across All Responses Received
• Feedback Based on Time of Day

Included in this release is the ability for your organisation to configure the smiley button labels that are displayed on the reports and charts.

The EvolvePlus ePortal web application enables data-driven analysis via dashboards and reports using people traffic counter data from Overhead 3D, Wireless, LoRaWAN and USB traffic counters across different date and time periods. This valuable information reveals in-depth people counter insight to determine optimal operating hours, staffing requirements and peak visitor times.

EvolvePlus Overhead 3D and Infrared footfall data is delivered from the EvolvePlus Cloud Service in JSON format using our latest API for ePortal application - a RESTful API service.

Using the API, customers can visualise count data from their EvolvePlus people counters into their own BI applications such as Zoho Analytics and Microsoft PowerBI. Customers can use their analytics platform to gain a richer insight by combining data from multiple sources into a centralised dashboard, including sales results, library statistics, financial statements, event sales and people traffic counts.,

An example using Zoho Analytics to visualise people data (via API) and combine it with Sales results from a POS application:

An example for configuring Zoho Analytics to display the Daily Totals for the Overhead 3D counters:

For an enhanced analysis of visitor and customer people counter statistics our Overhead 3D People Counter sensors can deliver separate differentiated statistics for Adults & Children.

Using the onboard Artificial Intelligence (AI), the sensor detects the height of each person and differentiates as either an Adult or a Child based on the detected height. Each sensor can be configured with the height that you wish to use to assign each detected person as either an Adult or Child.

The result is a more detailed analysis of visitors and customers, which can be analysed using the reports and charts provided within the EvolvePlus Dashboard. 

For more information on the Overhead 3D People Counters contact EvolvePlus to find out how we can assist with your people counting requirements.

Organisations face the challenge on how to effectively count people and facilities and entrances located hundreds of metres from the nearest mains power source, with data automatically transmitted to a cloud platform for reporting and analysis.

Our LoRaWAN People Counting solution solves this challenge with our battery powered People Counter sensors implemented at remote locations. For example:

• public toilets
• parks
• playgrounds
• sporting facilities
• outdoor events
• footpaths
• visitor centres
• leisure centres

The footfall traffic data is automatically transmitted to a LoRaWAN gateway located in close proximity (which can be hundreds of metres or a few kilometres away depending on the LoRaWAN base station and long range antenna).

Our latest LoRaWAN People Counter utilises the AS923 band, which is broadly supported by LoRaWAN network operators and gateways for IoT devices across both New Zealand and Australia.

For further product detail refer to the LoRaWAN People Counters product page or Contact EvolvePlus for more information.

We have published a video of our Overhead 3D People Counter solution, demonstrating how the EvolvePlus solution provides footfall traffic counting in different directions whilst using the integrated Artificial Intelligence (AI) to exclude staff from the counts, detect gender and. use height ranges to detect adults & children.

The video features a snapshot of the EvolvePlus Dashboard & Analytics platform, delivering interactive browser based charts, reports and dashboards that can be exported in a variety of formats including CSV, MS Excel and Word.

More information on how we deliver the solution pre-configured to simplify installation refer to the article The 3 Easy Steps To Install.

To discover more about the Overhead 3D People Counters you can Contact EvolvePlus to see how we can help with your people counting requirements within retail stores, public libraries, shopping centres, commercial buildings, museums, galleries and more.

The Overhead 3D People Counter is very robust, easy to install and has low infrastructure requirements. It’s delivered pre-calibrated, simplifying setup.

As the device is powered by a network cable (PoE) and the information is sent directly over the Internet to our Cloud Dashboard no additional hardware is required.

The Overhead 3D People Counter stereo vision imaging can filter objects by height, shape and size. Separate counts can be generated for in and out traffic whilst trolleys and shadows are ignored.

Installing the Overhead 3D People Counter is easy!
All it takes is 3 simple steps.

For outdoor environments such as public toilets, park entrances, festivals, footpaths and more EvolvePlus offer a range of outdoor people counters with robust and secure casing.

Moulded from the finest commercial grade plastic and designed to withstand the harsh outdoor elements the outdoor casing provides excellent security for the battery powered people counter sensors. There are two types of robust outdoor casing available:

• Black front cover for entrances up to 3 metres wide
• Clear front cover for entrances up to 5 metres wide

The people counter models available with the robust outdoor casing are:

• USB People Counter - with Onboard Memory
• Wireless People Counter - with Automated Data Transfer via Ethernet or 3G
• Display People Counter - with Onboard Display
• LoRaWAN People Counter - with Data Transfer via LoRaWAN

Examples of customer implementations of the EvolvePlus outdoor people counters with robust casing:

For more information on how our Outdoor People Counter solutions can be implemented to suit your requirements contact EvolvePlus.

Using the ePortal module organisation can gain valuable insights on the people counter movements via dashboards and reporting across our various footfall traffic sensors including Wireless, Overhead 3D with AI, LoRaWAN and USB.

The new interactive charts and reports include:

• Chart 3D Sensor by Position and Line
• Daily 3D Count with Gender Estimation
• Chart by Location (using Time Zone)
• Chart by Multiple Locations (using Time Zone)
• People Counter Sensor Monitoring

The Cloud editions of our People Counter solution includes the ePortal module, with version 3 featuring the new interactive charts and analytics as described above.

Contact EvolvePlus Support to enable the ePortal for your EvolvePlus People Counter cloud environment.

How a local council monitored the usage of Community Parklet Pop-Ups

Background

The temporary community parklets are a new form of public space popping up in parking bays across council districts.

The fenced modular designs offer extra opportunities for residents to sit and relax, meet friends and family or enjoy a snack or coffee outdoors. 

The local council was keen to capture visitation data at each of the community parklets for evaluation and future planning.

Our wireless people counter provides New Zealand organisations with automated footfall traffic data capture and analysis. The battery-powered sensors enable easy installation in a wide variety of environments with data transfer to the IMMOTION Web App (available in both on-premise and cloud editions) via ethernet, wi-fi or 3G mobile broadband.

The below video provides a quick overview of the automated EvolvePlus Wireless People Counter with its various components:

IMMOTION Web App Overview
The following video is a quick overview of the IMMOTION Web Application for viewing the people counter statistics across hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and annual time periods:

EvolvePlus offers an extensive range of Outdoor People Counter solutions designed to assist New Zealand organisations to analyse footfall traffic data in a variety of environments including public toilets, footpaths, park entrances, markets as well as indoor venues that are exposed to moisture such as swimming pools and leisure centres. Our extensi...

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