How the crowd draws
46 drawings of its land border, from memory on Borderline’s Spain map, 5 October 2026 to 27 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 79,000 km²31,000 sq mi | 76,000 km²29,000 sq mi↓4.3% smaller |
| Outline | 2,020 km1,255 mi | 2,015 km1,252 mi↓0.3% shorter |
| Centre | 3.01° W, 39.58° N3.0° W, 39.6° N | 3.05° W, 39.54° N3.1° W, 39.5° N↙5 km south-west3 mi south-west |
| Westernmost | 5.41° W, 39.88° N5.4° W, 39.9° N | 5.38° W, 39.89° N5.4° W, 39.9° N→2 km short1 mi short |
| Easternmost | 0.92° W, 38.70° N0.9° W, 38.7° N | 0.96° W, 38.95° N1.0° W, 39.0° N←4 km short2 mi short |
| Southernmost | 2.37° W, 38.02° N2.4° W, 38.0° N | 2.55° W, 38.07° N2.6° W, 38.1° N↑6 km short3 mi short |
| Northernmost | 2.91° W, 41.33° N2.9° W, 41.3° N | 3.18° W, 41.22° N3.2° W, 41.2° N↓12 km short7 mi short |
Near the land border, 55% of the crowd’s lines run inside Castilla-La Mancha.
Borders
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Comunidad de Madrid | 488 km in the game | 453 km the crowd’s↓7.2% shorter |
| Andalucía | 371 km in the game | 410 km the crowd’s↑10.5% longer |
| Castilla y León | 298 km in the game | 277 km the crowd’s↓7.0% shorter |
| Extremadura | 297 km in the game | 256 km the crowd’s↓13.8% shorter |
| Comunidad Valenciana | 265 km in the game | 294 km the crowd’s↑10.9% longer |
| Aragón | 228 km in the game | 232 km the crowd’s↑1.8% longer |
| Región de Murcia | 191 km in the game | 206 km the crowd’s↑7.9% longer |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Spain →How it is measured
The crowd’s Castilla-La Mancha: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Castilla-La Mancha 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 46 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 Castilla-La Mancha yourself and add your line to the next update.