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37,500 border drawings: a map of the world as people remember it

29 points nicocarsui 3 hours ago 10 comments

nicocarsui 3 hours ago | parent

Hi all,

I created "Borderline", a border drawing game a few weeks ago.

Since then, thousands of people have played it and I have accumulated over 37,000 drawings, which are now all stacked on a blank canvas.

This allows you to see the world as people remember it.

You can also check similar maps for the US, France, the UK, Germany, Australia, and Switzerland.

Alternatively, you can also draw a few borders yourself (free, no signin required)

hellerve 3 hours ago | parent

That was quite fun, and I enjoyed the data mining aspect of it. Quite edifying, thanks!

nicocarsui 3 hours ago | parent

Thanks for your kind words. I love how the sum of all the errors still makes something that is correct :)

pluc 1 hour ago | parent

Unrelated: what is "habibi"? To me (and I know nothing), it always sounded like a pejorative term for franco-arabs but I never bothered to validate

LtWorf 1 hour ago | parent

It just means "my beloved"/"my dear".

nicocarsui 1 hour ago | parent

It means “my love” in Arabic but you can also use it with friends

pluc 59 minutes ago | parent

So in this case it would roughly be "my lovely code"? Or "Code, my loves"?

nicocarsui 54 minutes ago | parent

It doesn't mean too much beside a funny name, and my love for the Arabic language

minervawes 17 minutes ago | parent

Can this be divided per drawer's country? I'd love to see how Americans draw the world map, versus, say, British or German.