The main problem with tagging continents is that there is no agreement on the number or definition.
While most English-speakers identify 7 political continents, many people in Latin American call "America" one continent. Eurasia is often also treated as one continent, leading to 5 continents (with Africa, Australia and Antarctica). Geographically, Africa is connected to Asia, with only the artificial Suez Canal as a barrier, so 4 continents is also logical. Naming and dividing the oceans leads to similar issues. - Joseph Eisenberg On 1/8/20, Mario Frasca <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/01/2020 06:53, Martin Constantino–Bodin wrote: >> Maybe we can sometimes factorise? Like “América del Sur / do Sul” for >> South America > > fortunate case: it's América in both languages (Catalan has Amèrica). > > you can possibly even use América Meridional and cover both in one shot. > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
