How the crowd draws
172 drawings of its land border, from memory on Borderline’s Italy map, 30 September 2026 to 26 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 8,433 km²3,256 sq mi | 7,804 km²3,013 sq mi↓7.5% smaller |
| Outline | 586 km364 mi | 551 km342 mi↓6.0% shorter |
| Centre | 12.49° E, 42.96° N12.5° E, 43.0° N | 12.51° E, 42.98° N12.5° E, 43.0° N↗3 km north-east2 mi north-east |
| Westernmost | 11.89° E, 42.84° N11.9° E, 42.8° N | 11.94° E, 43.06° N11.9° E, 43.1° N→3 km short2 mi short |
| Easternmost | 13.26° E, 42.81° N13.3° E, 42.8° N | 13.26° E, 42.86° N13.3° E, 42.9° N←1 km short0 mi short |
| Southernmost | 12.53° E, 42.36° N12.5° E, 42.4° N | 12.59° E, 42.42° N12.6° E, 42.4° N↑6 km short4 mi short |
| Northernmost | 12.36° E, 43.62° N12.4° E, 43.6° N | 12.28° E, 43.57° N12.3° E, 43.6° N↓6 km short4 mi short |
Near the land border, 59% of the crowd’s lines run inside Umbria.
Borders
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Lazio | 221 km in the game | 203 km the crowd’s↓8.1% shorter |
| Marche | 219 km in the game | 218 km the crowd’s↓0.5% shorter |
| Toscana | 152 km in the game | 135 km the crowd’s↓11.2% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Italy →How it is measured
The crowd’s Umbria: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Umbria 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 172 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).
Draw Umbria yourself and add your line to the next update.