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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 07/08/18 19:13, Eugene Alvin Villar
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On Tuesday, August 7, 2018, Javier Sánchez Portero <<a
href="mailto:javiersanp@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true">javiersanp@gmail.com</a>>
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> The same applies to other place nodes like oceans, seas,
natural bays, straits, etc.<br>
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At the risk of forking this discussion to another topic, I'd like
to point out that at least for oceans and major seas, bays, and
straits, the International Hydrographic Organization has defined
them as specific delimited areas.<br>
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For continents, nobody could even agree whether to treat North and
South America as separate continents or as just one continent
named the Americas. Not to mention whether to call the smallest
continent as Australia, Australasia, or Oceania. (And let's not
forget the geological debate about Zealandia.) On a more general
note, are we talking about continent as a geopolitical entity
(Europe vs. Asia), or as a geological entity (Eurasia)?<br>
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I am in favor of removing these continent nodes. They are "simple"
and few enough that people who make maps and apps can decide how
to treat them themselves. <br>
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Cough.<br>
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Australia has at least 5 different 'centres' depending on how you
calculate it;<br>
Centre of gravity method<br>
Lambert gravitational centre<br>
Furtherest point from the coast<br>
Median point<br>
Johnston Geodetic Station<br>
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More detail?
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/national-location-information/dimensions/centre-of-australia-states-territories">http://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/national-location-information/dimensions/centre-of-australia-states-territories</a><br>
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But "Officially, there is no centre of Australia." So say the
experts. Probably because they cannot reach consensus, sounds
familiar :)<br>
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