How the crowd draws
44 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 | 42,000 km²16,000 sq mi | 39,000 km²15,000 sq mi↓6.5% smaller |
| Outline | 1,208 km751 mi | 1,133 km704 mi↓6.2% shorter |
| Centre | 6.15° W, 39.19° N6.2° W, 39.2° N | 6.20° W, 39.21° N6.2° W, 39.2° N↖5 km north-west3 mi north-west |
| Westernmost | 7.54° W, 39.66° N7.5° W, 39.7° N | 7.54° W, 39.66° N7.5° W, 39.7° N=the same |
| Easternmost | 4.65° W, 39.17° N4.6° W, 39.2° N | 4.91° W, 39.26° N4.9° W, 39.3° N←22 km short14 mi short |
| Southernmost | 6.18° W, 37.94° N6.2° W, 37.9° N | 6.29° W, 38.05° N6.3° W, 38.0° N↑11 km short7 mi short |
| Northernmost | 6.24° W, 40.49° N6.2° W, 40.5° N | 6.22° W, 40.43° N6.2° W, 40.4° N↓6 km short3 mi short |
Near the land border, 58% of the crowd’s lines run inside Extremadura.
Borders
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 399 km in the game | 403 km the crowd’s↑1.0% longer |
| Andalucía | 334 km in the game | 327 km the crowd’s↓2.1% shorter |
| Castilla-La Mancha | 303 km in the game | 224 km the crowd’s↓26.1% shorter |
| Castilla y León | 221 km in the game | 226 km the crowd’s↑2.3% longer |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Spain →How it is measured
The crowd’s Extremadura: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Extremadura 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 44 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 Extremadura yourself and add your line to the next update.