FUN FACT: if you place a 1080p image so that its width (long axis) lines up with the width (short axis) of a NFL regulation football field, your pixel grid has exactly 1 dpi
just to fuck up US customary units even further, I recommend that that be the definition of dpi going forward
now us insufferable Europeans casually measure large things in units of football fields too, but it's soccer fields where sizes are not at all standardized and generally more vibes-based
@jon_valdes I have only ever been the recipient not producer of soccer field-based measurements, but the soccer fields I've personally seen have had quite a bit of variability on both dimensions and aspect ratio
@rygorous@jon_valdes Heh. We used to have to deal with this for Football Manager, and the variability surprised even me, as a season ticket holder. I just looked it up again to check -- allowed dimensions are 100-130 yards x 50-100(!) yards.
We went from a 110 x 73 pitch at the old Tottenham Hotspur stadium to 115 x 75 at the new one five years ago. The size often affects the style of play of the home team, smaller and narrower in particular = more defensive in setup.
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