This will be a big one - we should implement a new svg layer to be added by default to maps which includes all countries and states, plus rivers, bodies of water, forests, deserts, major cities and landmarks. Each should have names with constant sizes, separated by at least a margin size ordered on the z axis roughly by popularity index (wikipedia pop index might be a good proxy) .
There are several advantages of having this outside of mapbox
1) We can better control how it renders
2) We remove a major 3rd party dependency
3) Previews for maps will actually work
4) We can load the maps using previews instead of waiting for JS to load
Addition to the initial implementation we should re-import the data on a weekly basis.
This will be a big one - we should implement a new svg layer to be added by default to maps which includes all countries and states, plus rivers, bodies of water, forests, deserts, major cities and landmarks. Each should have names with constant sizes, separated by at least a margin size ordered on the z axis roughly by popularity index (wikipedia pop index might be a good proxy) .
There are several advantages of having this outside of mapbox
1) We can better control how it renders 2) We remove a major 3rd party dependency 3) Previews for maps will actually work 4) We can load the maps using previews instead of waiting for JS to load
Addition to the initial implementation we should re-import the data on a weekly basis.