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11mo ago

Tennis Court Density of Europe

Data source: https://www.openstreetmap.org/

Author: https://old.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1f38xe2/tennis_court_density_of_europe/

Population map of Europe

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Oh, another population density map.
- Link
  
  I added a population map, there are still a few outliers
  South England has a lot of tennis courts for the population
  Same for West of France
  East Germany has a high population but no court
  Mallorca is a tourist hotspot
- Partly yes, but also of culture/history.
  E.g. England that invented it having a really high density or Eastern Germany being basically blank (main tennis hype has been in the 80's in Western Germany).
- I'd rather say tennis isn't that poular in eastern Europe.
  
  Tennis is not very popular anywhere. If we use the number of top players each region has as proxy for how popular tennis is relatively, then it's not doing that bad in eastern Europe.
- This map would actually be interesting if it were normalized against population density. Tennis court density per 1000 inhabitants. Probably need to do it per 100.
- Is it, though? Is Spain, Poland and Balkan so much less populated than Germany or France?
  
  Yes.
Please correlate the data with population density. Tennis courts per person will give a better insight into where tennis is popular.
needs to be in m^2 tennis court per person format
Apparently Portugal and Spain mostly play it by the water
- ...or provide sports facilities for tourists?
  
  I think the population density argument plays best here. I'm not as well versed in Spain, but for Portugal the largest concentration is Porto and Lisbon.
From this I have learnt the Wirral is an overpopulated tennis court.
Missing the tennis court near my family cottage.

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