[Tagging] place nodes for continents?

djakk djakk djakk.djakk at gmail.com
Tue Aug 7 11:17:46 UTC 2018


Why not a big polygon for each continent, subcontinent, ocean, sea ... ?


djakk

Le mar. 7 août 2018 à 12:28, Colin Smale <colin.smale at xs4all.nl> a écrit :

> As even continents now appear to be subjective, all uses of them should be
> associated with the chosen frame of reference, much like one always
> associates a currency with an amount. A given lump of rock can be in
> multiple continents, each with its own authority, all correct in their own
> ways.
>
>
>
> On 2018-08-07 11:48, Javier Sánchez Portero wrote:
>
> El mar., 7 ago. 2018 a las 10:33, Warin (<61sundowner at gmail.com>)
> escribió:
>
>> But "Officially, there is no centre of Australia." So say the experts.
>> Probably because they cannot reach consensus, sounds familiar :)
>>
>
> We are extending on the "centre" problem, but there aren't even a
> consensus in the number of continents.
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Systemes_de_continents.gif
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