How the crowd draws
85 drawings of its land border, from memory on Borderline’s Italy map, 30 September 2026 to 24 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 3,254 km²1,256 sq mi | 3,002 km²1,159 sq mi↓7.7% smaller |
| Outline | 309 km192 mi | 297 km185 mi↓3.7% shorter |
| Centre | 7.39° E, 45.73° N7.4° E, 45.7° N | 7.37° E, 45.74° N7.4° E, 45.7° N↖1 km north-west1 mi north-west |
| Westernmost | 6.80° E, 45.78° N6.8° E, 45.8° N | 6.83° E, 45.75° N6.8° E, 45.8° N→2 km short1 mi short |
| Easternmost | 7.94° E, 45.64° N7.9° E, 45.6° N | 7.89° E, 45.72° N7.9° E, 45.7° N←4 km short2 mi short |
| Southernmost | 7.10° E, 45.47° N7.1° E, 45.5° N | 7.22° E, 45.50° N7.2° E, 45.5° N↑4 km short2 mi short |
| Northernmost | 7.56° E, 45.99° N7.6° E, 46.0° N | 7.55° E, 45.98° N7.5° E, 46.0° N=the same |
Near the land border, 57% of the crowd’s lines run inside Valle d'Aosta.
Borders
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Piemonte | 131 km in the game | 111 km the crowd’s↓15.3% shorter |
| Switzerland | 90 km in the game | 98 km the crowd’s↑8.9% longer |
| France | 83 km in the game | 84 km the crowd’s↑1.2% longer |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Italy →How it is measured
The crowd’s Valle d'Aosta: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Valle d'Aosta 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 85 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 Valle d'Aosta yourself and add your line to the next update.