How the crowd draws
1,739 drawings of its land border, from memory on Borderline’s US map, 27 September 2026 to 27 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 138,000 km²53,000 sq mi | 133,000 km²51,000 sq mi↓3.5% smaller |
| Outline | 2,006 km1,247 mi | 1,898 km1,180 mi↓5.4% shorter |
| Centre | 92.44° W, 34.90° N92.4° W, 34.9° N | 92.44° W, 34.95° N92.4° W, 35.0° N↑6 km north4 mi north |
| Westernmost | 94.62° W, 36.49° N94.6° W, 36.5° N | 94.59° W, 36.49° N94.6° W, 36.5° N→3 km short2 mi short |
| Easternmost | 89.66° W, 35.92° N89.7° W, 35.9° N | 89.71° W, 35.92° N89.7° W, 35.9° N←5 km short3 mi short |
| Southernmost | 91.18° W, 33.00° N91.2° W, 33.0° N | 93.95° W, 33.08° N94.0° W, 33.1° N↑8 km short5 mi short |
| Northernmost | 92.54° W, 36.52° N92.5° W, 36.5° N | 92.20° W, 36.54° N92.2° W, 36.5° N↑2 km beyond1 mi beyond |
Near the land border, 57% of the crowd’s lines run inside Arkansas.
Borders
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 550 km in the game | 455 km the crowd’s↓17.3% shorter |
| Missouri | 530 km in the game | 566 km the crowd’s↑6.8% longer |
| Oklahoma | 319 km in the game | 316 km the crowd’s↓0.9% shorter |
| Louisiana | 269 km in the game | 261 km the crowd’s↓3.0% shorter |
| Tennessee | 249 km in the game | 202 km the crowd’s↓18.9% shorter |
| Texas | 120 km in the game | 122 km the crowd’s↑1.7% longer |
How it is measured
The crowd’s Arkansas: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Arkansas 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 1,739 drawings that scored 10 or more on Borderline’s US 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. The map lays the 1,000 most recent; the heat map, the crowd’s shape and every figure use all 1,739.
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