EfreetSK@lemmy.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoMap Of Tennis Court Density In Europesopuli.xyzimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1140arrow-down1imageMap Of Tennis Court Density In Europesopuli.xyzEfreetSK@lemmy.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareedgemaster72@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 months agoIs Spain just that much less densely populated or do they just not care for tennis as much as the rest of western Europe? Both?
minus-squareschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up37·2 months agoSpain is mostly very sparsely populated outside of big cities. But of course this isn’t a map of tennis courts, it’s a map of tennis courts that are entered in OpenStreetMap.
minus-squareMicrow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 months agoThat’s a good point, OpenStreetMap coverage could simply be worse in more rural parts of Eastern Europe
minus-squareSebaDC@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoIn Spain, a lot of if tennis courts have been replaced with padel courts (more profitable and trendy).
minus-square🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoIs that what they call pickleball there?
minus-squareECB@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoIt’s a different sport that originated in Mexico but has been expanding fast throughout South America and Europe. I think Pickleball is more of a US thing
minus-squareKühlschrank@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI also started wondering if this was just another population density map
Is Spain just that much less densely populated or do they just not care for tennis as much as the rest of western Europe? Both?
Spain is mostly very sparsely populated outside of big cities.
But of course this isn’t a map of tennis courts, it’s a map of tennis courts that are entered in OpenStreetMap.
That’s a good point, OpenStreetMap coverage could simply be worse in more rural parts of Eastern Europe
In Spain, a lot of if tennis courts have been replaced with padel courts (more profitable and trendy).
Is that what they call pickleball there?
no, different sports.
It’s a different sport that originated in Mexico but has been expanding fast throughout South America and Europe.
I think Pickleball is more of a US thing
I also started wondering if this was just another population density map