How the crowd draws
126 drawings of its land border and 110 drawings of its coast, from memory on Borderline’s Italy map, 30 September 2026 to 26 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 24,000 km²9,089 sq mi | 22,000 km²8,362 sq mi↓8.0% smaller |
| Outline | 1,328 km825 mi | 1,295 km805 mi↓2.5% shorter |
| Centre | 9.77° E, 45.62° N9.8° E, 45.6° N | 9.74° E, 45.63° N9.7° E, 45.6° N↖3 km north-west2 mi north-west |
| Westernmost | 8.50° E, 45.29° N8.5° E, 45.3° N | 8.54° E, 45.35° N8.5° E, 45.3° N→3 km short2 mi short |
| Easternmost | 11.43° E, 44.96° N11.4° E, 45.0° N | 11.12° E, 45.04° N11.1° E, 45.0° N←25 km short15 mi short |
| Southernmost | 9.26° E, 44.68° N9.3° E, 44.7° N | 9.24° E, 44.78° N9.2° E, 44.8° N↑11 km short7 mi short |
| Northernmost | 10.24° E, 46.63° N10.2° E, 46.6° N | 10.24° E, 46.63° N10.2° E, 46.6° N=the same |
Near the land border, 57% of the crowd’s lines run inside Lombardia. Near the coast, 48% run inland.
Borders and coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 366 km in the game | 373 km the crowd’s↑1.9% longer |
| Emilia-Romagna | 325 km in the game | 309 km the crowd’s↓4.9% shorter |
| Piemonte | 253 km in the game | 255 km the crowd’s↑0.8% longer |
| Trentino-Alto Adige | 142 km in the game | 173 km the crowd’s↑21.8% longer |
| Veneto | 133 km in the game | 98 km the crowd’s↓26.3% shorter |
| The coast | 169 km in the game | 139 km the crowd’s↓17.8% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Italy →How it is measured
The crowd’s Lombardia: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Lombardia 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 236 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 Lombardia yourself and add your line to the next update.