[openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website] Add OpenMapTiles vector map (PR #4042)

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> if only the Japanese speaker could see the English name, they’d be tempted to add a `name:ja` tag on the spot. In a place as linguistically diverse as San José, no one would have a problem with that edit. But [much ink has been spilled](https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2015-June/thread.html#73165) about how translations and transliterations should not be indiscriminately tagged on mundane features in OSM in other places.

Yes, this is a topic worth thinking about, especially for languages ​​using non-latin characters (I insist that transliteration across scripts should be treated more leniently, because it is not easy to rely on machines to do accurately ) users, when they first glance at OSM data, when they find a San Jose Airport, and the element is indeed common enough (Negative typical: [Old Durham](https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/110658249)), then the user will will choose to translate its English name into the language used.  The question of what is worth translating into different languages ​​and what is not, maybe it can be judged by combining https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Names#When_to_avoid_transliteration, at least it is easier than reading such a long list of mailing lists. I've also noticed that there are some renders that use automatic transliteration to complete the data, but it's too early to be an OSM/wikidata fallback
<img src="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/assets/42690037/0ef519e1-4810-4326-b36d-b6188bdab1f8" width=450px/>



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