Maybe I'm extending the fork, but only a mention to consider. While there are only 8 uses of place=continent, there are 179996 (whow!) uses of is_in:continent=* that will be orphaned in that case.
https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/is_in:continent El mar., 7 ago. 2018 a las 10:15, Eugene Alvin Villar (<sea...@gmail.com>) escribió: > > > On Tuesday, August 7, 2018, Javier Sánchez Portero <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. _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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