[Tagging] place nodes for continents?

[Warin]

On 07/08/18 19:13, Eugene Alvin Villar wrote:
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> On Tuesday, August 7, 2018, Javier Sánchez Portero 
> <javiersanp at gmail.com <mailto:javiersanp at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > The same applies to other place nodes like oceans, seas, natural 
> bays, straits, etc.
>
> 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.
>
> 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)?
>
> 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.

Cough.

Australia has at least 5 different 'centres' depending on how you 
calculate it;
Centre of gravity method
Lambert gravitational centre
Furtherest point from the coast
Median point
Johnston Geodetic Station

More detail? 
http://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/national-location-information/dimensions/centre-of-australia-states-territories

But "Officially, there is no centre of Australia." So say the experts. 
Probably because they cannot reach consensus, sounds familiar :)


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