How the crowd draws
1,518 drawings of its land border, from memory on Borderline’s US map, 24 September 2026 to 27 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 214,000 km²82,000 sq mi | 206,000 km²80,000 sq mi↓3.6% smaller |
| Outline | 1,988 km1,235 mi | 1,957 km1,216 mi↓1.6% shorter |
| Centre | 98.39° W, 38.52° N98.4° W, 38.5° N | 98.36° W, 38.49° N98.4° W, 38.5° N↘3 km south-east2 mi south-east |
| Westernmost | 102.05° W, 39.99° N102.1° W, 40.0° N | 102.04° W, 39.44° N102.0° W, 39.4° N→1 km short0 mi short |
| Easternmost | 94.59° W, 39.15° N94.6° W, 39.1° N | 94.62° W, 39.14° N94.6° W, 39.1° N←3 km short2 mi short |
| Southernmost | 102.02° W, 36.99° N102.0° W, 37.0° N | 95.92° W, 37.02° N95.9° W, 37.0° N↑3 km short2 mi short |
| Northernmost | 98.65° W, 40.05° N98.6° W, 40.0° N | 95.85° W, 39.98° N95.9° W, 40.0° N↓8 km short5 mi short |
Near the land border, 57% of the crowd’s lines run inside Kansas.
Borders
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 659 km in the game | 651 km the crowd’s↓1.2% shorter |
| Nebraska | 573 km in the game | 568 km the crowd’s↓0.9% shorter |
| Missouri | 427 km in the game | 415 km the crowd’s↓2.8% shorter |
| Colorado | 335 km in the game | 329 km the crowd’s↓1.8% shorter |
How it is measured
The crowd’s Kansas: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Kansas 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 1,518 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 1,518.
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