How the crowd draws
1,488 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 | 199,000 km²77,000 sq mi | 193,000 km²74,000 sq mi↓3.1% smaller |
| Outline | 2,113 km1,313 mi | 2,072 km1,288 mi↓1.9% shorter |
| Centre | 99.81° W, 41.56° N99.8° W, 41.6° N | 99.69° W, 41.49° N99.7° W, 41.5° N↘13 km south-east8 mi south-east |
| Westernmost | 104.05° W, 42.91° N104.1° W, 42.9° N | 103.95° W, 41.09° N104.0° W, 41.1° N→8 km short5 mi short |
| Easternmost | 95.31° W, 40.00° N95.3° W, 40.0° N | 95.29° W, 40.00° N95.3° W, 40.0° N→2 km beyond1 mi beyond |
| Southernmost | 95.31° W, 40.00° N95.3° W, 40.0° N | 97.24° W, 39.96° N97.2° W, 40.0° N↓4 km beyond3 mi beyond |
| Northernmost | 101.42° W, 43.03° N101.4° W, 43.0° N | 101.03° W, 42.90° N101.0° W, 42.9° N↓14 km short9 mi short |
Near the land border, 55% of the crowd’s lines run inside Nebraska.
Borders
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | 666 km in the game | 646 km the crowd’s↓3.0% shorter |
| Kansas | 575 km in the game | 583 km the crowd’s↑1.4% longer |
| Iowa | 289 km in the game | 284 km the crowd’s↓1.7% shorter |
| Colorado | 274 km in the game | 274 km the crowd’s=the same |
| Wyoming | 227 km in the game | 205 km the crowd’s↓9.7% shorter |
| Missouri | 98 km in the game | 97 km the crowd’s↓1.0% shorter |
How it is measured
The crowd’s Nebraska: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Nebraska 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 1,488 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 1,488.
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