How the crowd draws
128 drawings of its land border, from memory on Borderline’s Italy map, 30 September 2026 to 25 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 14,000 km²5,235 sq mi | 13,000 km²4,914 sq mi↓6.1% smaller |
| Outline | 768 km477 mi | 754 km468 mi↓1.9% shorter |
| Centre | 11.28° E, 46.44° N11.3° E, 46.4° N | 11.30° E, 46.46° N11.3° E, 46.5° N↗3 km north-east2 mi north-east |
| Westernmost | 10.39° E, 46.69° N10.4° E, 46.7° N | 10.42° E, 46.65° N10.4° E, 46.6° N→2 km short1 mi short |
| Easternmost | 12.48° E, 46.68° N12.5° E, 46.7° N | 12.37° E, 46.67° N12.4° E, 46.7° N←8 km short5 mi short |
| Southernmost | 10.93° E, 45.68° N10.9° E, 45.7° N | 10.88° E, 45.73° N10.9° E, 45.7° N↑6 km short4 mi short |
| Northernmost | 12.19° E, 47.09° N12.2° E, 47.1° N | 12.21° E, 47.07° N12.2° E, 47.1° N↓3 km short2 mi short |
Near the land border, 57% of the crowd’s lines run inside Trentino-Alto Adige.
Borders
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Veneto | 322 km in the game | 302 km the crowd’s↓6.2% shorter |
| Austria | 258 km in the game | 283 km the crowd’s↑9.7% longer |
| Lombardia | 146 km in the game | 122 km the crowd’s↓16.4% shorter |
| Switzerland | 43 km in the game | 47 km the crowd’s↑9.3% longer |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Italy →How it is measured
The crowd’s Trentino-Alto Adige: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Trentino-Alto Adige or outside it; the median over a short stretch is where the crowd puts the line there, and the real outline moved by it is the crowd’s. Where the move folds a narrow inlet over itself, the loop is cut.
The 128 drawings that scored 10 or more on Borderline’s Italy map, scribbles left out, the real line the game’s own. Area true to scale; the outline copies the real line’s detail, so its length changes only where the shape moves or a loop is cut.
Measuring how far the crowd moves the centre was Matt Forrest’s idea (forrest.nyc).
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