⚽🧭 Which way do football pitches point? We mapped football pitch orientations to explore whether there's a geographical pattern across Europe. 👉️ Explore the interactive story on pitchwatch.football/blog/pitch-orientation #Football #OpenStreetMap #OSM

pitchwatch.football has now a #blog. The first article is about the question ❓Is synthetic turf taking over European football? ⚽🏟️ Well, grass still rules, but the map splits into clear regional patterns: synthetic turf in the north and south-west and earth in the south-east. tinyurl.com/bddwmy7k

Is synthetic turf taking over European football?

We classified every OpenStreetMap football pitch in 45 European countries from Sentinel-2 data. Grass still rules, but the map splits into clear regional patterns: synthetic turf in the north and…

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Every football pitch tells a story ⚽ Ash pitches get refurbished to grass 🌱 grass gets replaced by synthetic turf. These shifts happen continuously, but they are rarely tracked at scale. 👉️ pitchwatch.football monitors football pitches & classifies surface types, and is mapping changes over time.

⚽ Is synthetic turf taking over European football? 🇩🇪 leads on grass with 27.8k (78%) pitches, but 🇪🇸 & 🇹🇷 have flipped to 54% synthetic turf and 🇲🇹 sits at 91% artificial turf! PitchWatch maps these surface classes globally using #Copernicus #Sentinel2 satellite imagery. 👉️ map.pitchwatch.football

The new pitchwatch.football/en/ is up and running. In English & German, in Dark & Light mode. #pitchwatch #football

⚽️ The new map from pitchwatch.football is officially online. We mapped 345,968 regular-size (11-a-side) pitches worldwide. Powered by @openstreetmap.bsky.social data, the map gives details for every single pitch: - Surface - Access - Lit Explore the pitches in your area: 👉 map.pitchwatch.football

A very first version of our website is online. pitchwatch.football Hoping to get more content up in the coming days.