How the crowd draws
2,646 drawings of its land border and 2,937 drawings of its coast, from memory on Borderline’s US map, 24 September 2026 to 27 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 107,000 km²41,000 sq mi | 105,000 km²41,000 sq mi↓1.4% smaller |
| Outline | 1,529 km950 mi | 1,467 km911 mi↓4.1% shorter |
| Centre | 82.80° W, 40.29° N82.8° W, 40.3° N | 82.75° W, 40.30° N82.7° W, 40.3° N→4 km east3 mi east |
| Westernmost | 84.82° W, 39.11° N84.8° W, 39.1° N | 84.72° W, 39.35° N84.7° W, 39.4° N→9 km short5 mi short |
| Easternmost | 80.52° W, 40.73° N80.5° W, 40.7° N | 80.52° W, 41.98° N80.5° W, 42.0° N=the same |
| Southernmost | 82.53° W, 38.41° N82.5° W, 38.4° N | 82.52° W, 38.44° N82.5° W, 38.4° N↑4 km short2 mi short |
| Northernmost | 80.52° W, 41.98° N80.5° W, 42.0° N | 80.52° W, 41.98° N80.5° W, 42.0° N=the same |
Near the land border, 57% of the crowd’s lines run inside Ohio. Near the coast, 27% run inland.
Borders and coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 429 km in the game | 404 km the crowd’s↓5.8% shorter |
| Indiana | 288 km in the game | 281 km the crowd’s↓2.4% shorter |
| Kentucky | 272 km in the game | 243 km the crowd’s↓10.7% shorter |
| Pennsylvania | 148 km in the game | 144 km the crowd’s↓2.7% shorter |
| Michigan | 112 km in the game | 110 km the crowd’s↓1.8% shorter |
| The coast | 289 km in the game | 286 km the crowd’s↓1.0% shorter |
How it is measured
The crowd’s Ohio: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Ohio 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 5,583 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 5,583.
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