Country division_area bbox covers the whole map

[davelowndes]

I'm trying to map places using the bbox provided by division_area, but I'm getting:

US:

"bbox": {
        "xmin": -180.0,
        "xmax": 180.0,
        "ymin": 18.709171295166016,
        "ymax": 71.58895874023438
    },

NZ:

"bbox": {
        "xmin": -179.0591583251953,
        "xmax": 179.36436462402344,
        "ymin": -52.82136917114258,
        "ymax": -29.03032684326172
    },

When I fit these bounds onto the map I get this:

This isn't usable with the US covering countries in the entire northern hemisphere, NZ including half of Australia and South America, so is this not how bbox is intended to be used? Is there a recommended alternative?

[davelowndes]

Nvm, I found a solution, which is to breakdown the MultiPolygon by individual Polygon area starting with the largest polygon first, and add the areas until we hit 95% of the total area, then create the bounds off that.