Key:is_in:continent

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Description
Used to provide subjective continent location data Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: boundaries
Used on these elements
should not be used on nodesshould not be used on waysshould not be used on areasshould not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Status: obsolete

The use of this tag is strongly discouraged. There is no consensus on either the number of continents[1] or their boundaries[2]. The division of Earth's landmass is thus subjective and not verifiable.

Most, if not all, local mapping communities consider this tag as pointless and potentially even harmful. [ citation needed ]

As of 2020, the tag is proposed for deletion by JOSM validator.

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