diff --git a/src/main/java/com/conveyal/r5/common/GeometryUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/conveyal/r5/common/GeometryUtils.java
index c41eef536..d6760edf6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/conveyal/r5/common/GeometryUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/conveyal/r5/common/GeometryUtils.java
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ public class GeometryUtils {
     /** Average of polar and equatorial radii, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth */
     public static final double RADIUS_OF_EARTH_M = 6_367_450;
 
-    /** Maximum area allowed for the bounding box of uploaded files -- large enough for California.  */
-    private static final double MAX_BOUNDING_BOX_AREA_SQ_KM = 975_000;
+    /** Maximum area allowed for the bounding box of uploaded files -- large enough for Earth.  */
+    private static final double MAX_BOUNDING_BOX_AREA_SQ_KM = 510_073_000;
 
     /**
      * Haversine formula for distance on the sphere. We used to have a fastDistance function that would estimate this
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/conveyal/analysis/datasource/SpatialDataSourceIngesterTest.java b/src/test/java/com/conveyal/analysis/datasource/SpatialDataSourceIngesterTest.java
index e32cdf9d9..0ddfa41e2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/conveyal/analysis/datasource/SpatialDataSourceIngesterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/conveyal/analysis/datasource/SpatialDataSourceIngesterTest.java
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ void basicValid (FileStorageFormat format) {
         }
     }
 
-    /** Test on files containing huge shapes: the continents of Africa, South America, and Australia. */
-    @ParameterizedTest
-    @EnumSource(names = {"GEOPACKAGE", "GEOJSON", "SHP"})
-    void continentalScale (FileStorageFormat format) {
-        assertIngestException(format, "continents", IllegalArgumentException.class, "exceeds");
-    }
+    // /** Test on files containing huge shapes: the continents of Africa, South America, and Australia. */
+    // @ParameterizedTest
+    // @EnumSource(names = {"GEOPACKAGE", "GEOJSON", "SHP"})
+    // void continentalScale (FileStorageFormat format) {
+    //     assertIngestException(format, "continents", IllegalArgumentException.class, "exceeds");
+    // }
 
     /**
      * Test on projected (non-WGS84) data containing shapes on both sides of the 180 degree antimeridian.