Hi, thanks for your contribution. You are correct that “America” is often used to refer to both North America and South America. However, in OpenStreetMap we don’t map continents this way:

* A continent is not a `type=boundary`. Boundaries in OSM are for things like administrative areas or protected regions, and they require polygons, not points.  
* Points cannot form a valid boundary relation.  
* It is also inappropriate to tag this as `place=continent` that tag is reserved for established continent features already agreed upon in OSM.  
* We do not map entire continents as single polygon boundaries. That only adds unneeded complexity to the database.

Because of this, I will revert this changeset.  

If you would like to discuss how continents or other large geographic concepts are represented in OSM, please contact the Data Working Group at **data@openstreetmap.org** with subject **#2025100310000204**.

Thanks for your understanding.  

-- Elliott Plack  
OSMF Data Working Group
