How the crowd draws
2,173 drawings of its land border, from memory on Borderline’s US map, 25 September 2026 to 27 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 104,000 km²40,000 sq mi | 94,000 km²36,000 sq mi↓10.4% smaller |
| Outline | 1,981 km1,231 mi | 1,883 km1,170 mi↓5.0% shorter |
| Centre | 85.30° W, 37.54° N85.3° W, 37.5° N | 85.20° W, 37.62° N85.2° W, 37.6° N↗13 km north-east8 mi north-east |
| Westernmost | 89.42° W, 36.50° N89.4° W, 36.5° N | 89.21° W, 36.60° N89.2° W, 36.6° N→19 km short12 mi short |
| Easternmost | 81.97° W, 37.54° N82.0° W, 37.5° N | 82.04° W, 37.52° N82.0° W, 37.5° N←6 km short4 mi short |
| Southernmost | 88.07° W, 36.50° N88.1° W, 36.5° N | 88.07° W, 36.55° N88.1° W, 36.6° N↑6 km short4 mi short |
| Northernmost | 84.75° W, 39.15° N84.7° W, 39.1° N | 84.74° W, 39.08° N84.7° W, 39.1° N↓7 km short4 mi short |
Near the land border, 61% of the crowd’s lines run inside Kentucky.
Borders
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 546 km in the game | 505 km the crowd’s↓7.5% shorter |
| Tennessee | 546 km in the game | 555 km the crowd’s↑1.6% longer |
| Ohio | 271 km in the game | 250 km the crowd’s↓7.7% shorter |
| Illinois | 211 km in the game | 199 km the crowd’s↓5.7% shorter |
| Virginia | 200 km in the game | 193 km the crowd’s↓3.5% shorter |
| West Virginia | 140 km in the game | 144 km the crowd’s↑2.9% longer |
| Missouri | 117 km in the game | 80 km the crowd’s↓31.6% shorter |
How it is measured
The crowd’s Kentucky: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Kentucky 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 2,173 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 2,173.
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