How the crowd draws
1,744 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 | 180,000 km²69,000 sq mi | 172,000 km²66,000 sq mi↓4.3% smaller |
| Outline | 2,274 km1,413 mi | 2,193 km1,363 mi↓3.6% shorter |
| Centre | 92.46° W, 38.36° N92.5° W, 38.4° N | 92.42° W, 38.33° N92.4° W, 38.3° N↘5 km south-east3 mi south-east |
| Westernmost | 95.77° W, 40.54° N95.8° W, 40.5° N | 95.59° W, 40.43° N95.6° W, 40.4° N→15 km short10 mi short |
| Easternmost | 89.10° W, 36.96° N89.1° W, 37.0° N | 89.14° W, 36.95° N89.1° W, 36.9° N←3 km short2 mi short |
| Southernmost | 90.36° W, 36.00° N90.4° W, 36.0° N | 90.37° W, 35.99° N90.4° W, 36.0° N=the same |
| Northernmost | 91.73° W, 40.61° N91.7° W, 40.6° N | 91.79° W, 40.53° N91.8° W, 40.5° N↓10 km short6 mi short |
Near the land border, 55% of the crowd’s lines run inside Missouri.
Borders
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 580 km in the game | 552 km the crowd’s↓4.8% shorter |
| Arkansas | 532 km in the game | 543 km the crowd’s↑2.1% longer |
| Kansas | 429 km in the game | 423 km the crowd’s↓1.4% shorter |
| Iowa | 383 km in the game | 364 km the crowd’s↓5.0% shorter |
| Tennessee | 129 km in the game | 131 km the crowd’s↑1.6% longer |
| Nebraska | 98 km in the game | 65 km the crowd’s↓33.7% shorter |
| Kentucky | 95 km in the game | 88 km the crowd’s↓7.4% shorter |
| Oklahoma | 54 km in the game | 53 km the crowd’s↓1.9% shorter |
How it is measured
The crowd’s Missouri: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Missouri 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 1,744 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 1,744.
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