I fully agree. I was only taking the example of South America because
its language community is relatively simple given the size of its area ☺
But I agree that it’s probably not something that we should actually
map. Sorry about that: it wasn’t clear in my message.
About oceans, would you advise to not map them entirely, or to use
tricks like the “place=neighbourhood” one (which is based on POIs rather
than polygons)? It feels like both solutions could be problematical.
Regards,
Martin.
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.
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