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Railways should be visible at lower zooms

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Description

As far as I can tell, railways are currently not included in the tiles until zoom level 11. I'd argue that mainline railways are equally important as major roads, and so should be visible at the same zoom level.

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Research direction

No files or tests are named. Start by locating the tile-generation or cartographic style configuration that controls railway visibility, then compare railway and major-road rendering at lower zooms. Done means mainline railways are visible at the same zoom level as major roads.

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Assessment

Domain
data-visualization
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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