osm-americana/openstreetmap-americana

Use larger labels for larger cities

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#32 opened on Jul 12, 2021

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Description

For better map readability, more important cities should have larger labels. An analysis of why this is important can be found here: https://www.justinobeirne.com/google-maps-label-readability

OpenMapTiles has a rank column in the place layer that can be used for the functionality: https://openmaptiles.org/schema/#place

This can be implemented in a manner similar to how we set the capital and city labels: https://github.com/osm-americana/openstreetmap-americana/blob/main/style/layer/place.js#L19-L27

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Research direction
Study the existing capital and city label implementation in style/layer/place.js, then inspect OpenMapTiles place layer schema to understand the rank column. Implement rank based label sizing similar to the existing pattern.
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