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Mapping which way football pitches point across Europe
Original: ⚽🧭 Which way do football pitches point — and can we find a pattern across Europe? Every pitch has an orientation. But zo
Pitchwatch, a football mapping project, has published a new blog post examining the orientation of football pitches across Europe. Every pitch has a compass direction it faces, and the project asks whether zooming out from individual grounds reveals a geographical pattern in how pitches are laid out, inviting readers to explore the data themselves.
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- ⚽🧭 Which way do football pitches point — and can we find a pattern across Europe? Every pitch has an orientation. But zoom out from individual grounds and a fascinating geographical question emerges. In the latest https:// pitchwatch.football blog post, we explore pitch… · pitchwatch_football@mapstodon.space · 4
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