[1] https://qrank.wmcloud.org/ [2] https://github.com/hikeratlas/qrank
I'm not sure that an online popularity contest should be the input for a base map. I understand the reasoning that they're more likely to be viewed by someone, but it's also a bubble: is Wikipedia / are Wikimedia projects as popular in Asia as this base map will be? Is that used for the same purpose as this base map? Should something be shown on a map when there's a lot of drama about it rather than because a lot of people live there?
I see the advantages also, like if literally nobody lives there but it's an interesting or large landmass then there's cause for it to be included. I just don't think this is the right (objective, fairest) importance measure to use
> I just don't think this is the right (objective, fairest) importance measure to use
What's "right" can depend on the purpose of the map.