How the crowd draws
26 drawings of its land border, from memory on Borderline’s France map, 25 September 2026 to 25 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 3,250 km²1,255 sq mi | 2,932 km²1,132 sq mi↓9.8% smaller |
| Outline | 421 km261 mi | 406 km252 mi↓3.6% shorter |
| Centre | 4.64° E, 45.87° N4.6° E, 45.9° N | 4.66° E, 45.86° N4.7° E, 45.9° N↘2 km south-east1 mi south-east |
| Westernmost | 4.25° E, 46.00° N4.2° E, 46.0° N | 4.32° E, 45.95° N4.3° E, 46.0° N→5 km short3 mi short |
| Easternmost | 5.16° E, 45.71° N5.2° E, 45.7° N | 5.09° E, 45.72° N5.1° E, 45.7° N←5 km short3 mi short |
| Southernmost | 4.78° E, 45.45° N4.8° E, 45.5° N | 4.78° E, 45.46° N4.8° E, 45.5° N↑1 km short0 mi short |
| Northernmost | 4.68° E, 46.31° N4.7° E, 46.3° N | 4.43° E, 46.31° N4.4° E, 46.3° N=the same |
Near the land border, 57% of the crowd’s lines run inside Rhône.
Borders
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Loire | 187 km in the game | 164 km the crowd’s↓12.3% shorter |
| Isère | 95 km in the game | 89 km the crowd’s↓6.3% shorter |
| Ain | 77 km in the game | 67 km the crowd’s↓13.0% shorter |
| Saône-et-Loire | 74 km in the game | 99 km the crowd’s↑33.8% longer |
How it is measured
The crowd’s Rhône: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Rhône 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 26 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.
Draw Rhône yourself and add your line to the next update.