How the crowd draws
41 drawings of its land border, from memory on Borderline’s Spain map, 30 September 2026 to 27 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 48,000 km²18,000 sq mi | 45,000 km²18,000 sq mi↓4.9% smaller |
| Outline | 1,338 km832 mi | 1,364 km847 mi↑1.9% longer |
| Centre | 0.67° W, 41.51° N0.7° W, 41.5° N | 0.69° W, 41.56° N0.7° W, 41.6° N↑5 km north3 mi north |
| Westernmost | 2.17° W, 41.29° N2.2° W, 41.3° N | 2.09° W, 41.22° N2.1° W, 41.2° N→7 km short4 mi short |
| Easternmost | 0.77° E, 42.35° N0.8° E, 42.3° N | 0.75° E, 42.60° N0.8° E, 42.6° N←1 km short1 mi short |
| Southernmost | 0.87° W, 39.85° N0.9° W, 39.8° N | 0.94° W, 40.03° N0.9° W, 40.0° N↑20 km short12 mi short |
| Northernmost | 0.76° W, 42.92° N0.8° W, 42.9° N | 0.72° W, 42.92° N0.7° W, 42.9° N=the same |
Near the land border, 56% of the crowd’s lines run inside Aragón.
Borders
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Cataluña | 333 km in the game | 328 km the crowd’s↓1.5% shorter |
| Comunidad Valenciana | 270 km in the game | 245 km the crowd’s↓9.3% shorter |
| Castilla-La Mancha | 255 km in the game | 296 km the crowd’s↑16.1% longer |
| Navarra | 240 km in the game | 240 km the crowd’s=the same |
| France | 162 km in the game | 165 km the crowd’s↑1.9% longer |
| Castilla y León | 148 km in the game | 162 km the crowd’s↑9.5% longer |
| La Rioja | 6 km in the game | 5 km the crowd’s↓16.7% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Spain →How it is measured
The crowd’s Aragón: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Aragón 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 41 drawings that scored 10 or more on Borderline’s Spain 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 Aragón yourself and add your line to the next update.