How the crowd draws
1,739 drawings of its land border and 2,616 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 | 145,000 km²56,000 sq mi | 143,000 km²55,000 sq mi↓0.9% smaller |
| Outline | 1,995 km1,240 mi | 1,750 km1,087 mi↓12.3% shorter |
| Centre | 89.99° W, 44.62° N90.0° W, 44.6° N | 89.97° W, 44.62° N90.0° W, 44.6° N→2 km east1 mi east |
| Westernmost | 92.89° W, 45.62° N92.9° W, 45.6° N | 92.84° W, 45.60° N92.8° W, 45.6° N→4 km short2 mi short |
| Easternmost | 86.98° W, 45.29° N87.0° W, 45.3° N | 87.52° W, 44.92° N87.5° W, 44.9° N←43 km short26 mi short |
| Southernmost | 87.82° W, 42.49° N87.8° W, 42.5° N | 87.79° W, 42.50° N87.8° W, 42.5° N=the same |
| Northernmost | 90.87° W, 46.96° N90.9° W, 47.0° N | 90.77° W, 46.72° N90.8° W, 46.7° N↓27 km short17 mi short |
Near the land border, 52% of the crowd’s lines run inside Wisconsin. Near the coast, 53% run inland.
Borders and coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 505 km in the game | 471 km the crowd’s↓6.7% shorter |
| Michigan | 361 km in the game | 361 km the crowd’s=the same |
| Illinois | 232 km in the game | 231 km the crowd’s↓0.4% shorter |
| Iowa | 145 km in the game | 137 km the crowd’s↓5.5% shorter |
| The coast | 768 km in the game | 557 km the crowd’s↓27.5% shorter |
How it is measured
The crowd’s Wisconsin: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Wisconsin 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 4,355 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 4,355.
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