On 07/08/18 19:13, Eugene Alvin Villar wrote:
On Tuesday, August 7, 2018, Javier Sánchez Portero
<javiers...@gmail.com <mailto:javiers...@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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