How the crowd draws
43 drawings of its land border, from memory on Borderline’s Spain map, 1 October 2026 to 27 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 94,000 km²36,000 sq mi | 85,000 km²33,000 sq mi↓9.7% smaller |
| Outline | 2,248 km1,397 mi | 2,056 km1,277 mi↓8.5% shorter |
| Centre | 4.79° W, 41.75° N4.8° W, 41.7° N | 4.83° W, 41.71° N4.8° W, 41.7° N↙6 km south-west3 mi south-west |
| Westernmost | 7.07° W, 42.51° N7.1° W, 42.5° N | 7.02° W, 42.50° N7.0° W, 42.5° N→4 km short3 mi short |
| Easternmost | 1.78° W, 41.73° N1.8° W, 41.7° N | 1.95° W, 41.67° N2.0° W, 41.7° N←15 km short9 mi short |
| Southernmost | 5.19° W, 40.08° N5.2° W, 40.1° N | 5.30° W, 40.16° N5.3° W, 40.2° N↑9 km short5 mi short |
| Northernmost | 4.89° W, 43.24° N4.9° W, 43.2° N | 3.51° W, 43.00° N3.5° W, 43.0° N↓26 km short16 mi short |
Near the land border, 61% of the crowd’s lines run inside Castilla y León.
Borders
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 336 km in the game | 364 km the crowd’s↑8.3% longer |
| Castilla-La Mancha | 298 km in the game | 274 km the crowd’s↓8.1% shorter |
| Cantabria | 296 km in the game | 274 km the crowd’s↓7.4% shorter |
| La Rioja | 291 km in the game | 309 km the crowd’s↑6.2% longer |
| País Vasco | 283 km in the game | 73 km the crowd’s↓74.2% shorter |
| Asturias | 245 km in the game | 237 km the crowd’s↓3.3% shorter |
| Extremadura | 215 km in the game | 217 km the crowd’s↑0.9% longer |
| Comunidad de Madrid | 199 km in the game | 174 km the crowd’s↓12.6% shorter |
| Galicia | 193 km in the game | 185 km the crowd’s↓4.1% shorter |
| Aragón | 150 km in the game | 116 km the crowd’s↓22.7% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Spain →How it is measured
The crowd’s Castilla y León: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Castilla y León 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 43 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 y León yourself and add your line to the next update.