How the crowd draws
29 drawings of its coast, from memory on Borderline’s France map, 25 September 2026 to 23 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 368 km²142 sq mi | 349 km²135 sq mi↓5.1% smaller |
| Outline | 248 km154 mi | 208 km129 mi↓16.1% shorter |
| Centre | 45.15° E, 12.82° S45.1° E, 12.8° S | 45.15° E, 12.81° S45.1° E, 12.8° S↑1 km north0 mi north |
| Westernmost | 45.02° E, 12.64° S45.0° E, 12.6° S | 45.02° E, 12.64° S45.0° E, 12.6° S=the same |
| Easternmost | 45.30° E, 12.78° S45.3° E, 12.8° S | 45.30° E, 12.78° S45.3° E, 12.8° S=the same |
| Southernmost | 45.15° E, 13.00° S45.1° E, 13.0° S | 45.14° E, 12.99° S45.1° E, 13.0° S↑1 km short0 mi short |
| Northernmost | 45.03° E, 12.64° S45.0° E, 12.6° S | 45.03° E, 12.64° S45.0° E, 12.6° S=the same |
Near the coast, 50% run inland.
Coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| The coast | 221 km in the game | 182 km the crowd’s↓17.6% shorter |
How it is measured
The crowd’s Mayotte: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Mayotte 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 29 drawings that scored 10 or more on Borderline’s France 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.
20 small pieces of Mayotte, under 1 km² in all, keep their real shape, shown flat: islands no round asks players to draw, or too small to measure. They count in no figure.
Draw Mayotte yourself and add your line to the next update.