How the crowd draws
1,466 drawings of its land border and 1,949 drawings of its coast, from memory on Borderline’s US map, 25 September 2026 to 27 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 150,000 km²58,000 sq mi | 157,000 km²61,000 sq mi↑4.6% bigger |
| Outline | 3,759 km2,335 mi | 3,437 km2,135 mi↓8.6% shorter |
| Centre | 85.36° W, 44.30° N85.4° W, 44.3° N | 85.33° W, 44.28° N85.3° W, 44.3° N↘4 km south-east3 mi south-east |
| Westernmost | 90.41° W, 46.57° N90.4° W, 46.6° N | 90.41° W, 46.57° N90.4° W, 46.6° N=the same |
| Easternmost | 82.42° W, 42.97° N82.4° W, 43.0° N | 82.41° W, 43.01° N82.4° W, 43.0° N→1 km beyond1 mi beyond |
| Southernmost | 84.80° W, 41.70° N84.8° W, 41.7° N | 84.79° W, 41.71° N84.8° W, 41.7° N↑1 km short1 mi short |
| Northernmost | 87.98° W, 47.48° N88.0° W, 47.5° N | 87.71° W, 47.45° N87.7° W, 47.4° N↓3 km short2 mi short |
Near the land border, 53% of the crowd’s lines run inside Michigan. Near the coast, 42% run inland.
Borders and coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 362 km in the game | 351 km the crowd’s↓3.0% shorter |
| Canada | 280 km in the game | 272 km the crowd’s↓2.9% shorter |
| Indiana | 172 km in the game | 169 km the crowd’s↓1.7% shorter |
| Ohio | 113 km in the game | 112 km the crowd’s↓0.9% shorter |
| The coast | 2,905 km in the game | 2,581 km the crowd’s↓11.2% shorter |
How it is measured
The crowd’s Michigan: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Michigan 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 3,415 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 3,415.
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