How the crowd draws
2,218 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 | 109,000 km²42,000 sq mi | 113,000 km²44,000 sq mi↑3.5% bigger |
| Outline | 2,004 km1,245 mi | 1,985 km1,233 mi↓1.0% shorter |
| Centre | 86.35° W, 35.86° N86.3° W, 35.9° N | 86.39° W, 35.85° N86.4° W, 35.9° N←4 km west3 mi west |
| Westernmost | 90.31° W, 35.00° N90.3° W, 35.0° N | 90.31° W, 35.00° N90.3° W, 35.0° N=the same |
| Easternmost | 81.65° W, 36.61° N81.7° W, 36.6° N | 81.65° W, 36.61° N81.7° W, 36.6° N=the same |
| Southernmost | 85.47° W, 34.98° N85.5° W, 35.0° N | 89.26° W, 34.95° N89.3° W, 34.9° N↓4 km beyond2 mi beyond |
| Northernmost | 88.07° W, 36.68° N88.1° W, 36.7° N | 88.07° W, 36.70° N88.1° W, 36.7° N↑2 km beyond1 mi beyond |
Near the land border, 46% of the crowd’s lines run inside Tennessee.
Borders
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 541 km in the game | 545 km the crowd’s↑0.7% longer |
| North Carolina | 389 km in the game | 392 km the crowd’s↑0.8% longer |
| Arkansas | 250 km in the game | 226 km the crowd’s↓9.6% shorter |
| Alabama | 239 km in the game | 239 km the crowd’s=the same |
| Mississippi | 192 km in the game | 193 km the crowd’s↑0.5% longer |
| Virginia | 186 km in the game | 189 km the crowd’s↑1.6% longer |
| Georgia | 116 km in the game | 115 km the crowd’s↓0.9% shorter |
| Missouri | 111 km in the game | 105 km the crowd’s↓5.4% shorter |
How it is measured
The crowd’s Tennessee: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Tennessee 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 2,218 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 2,218.
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