Inkscape goes hell on the CPU when using a few filters - there is a reason, why one normally uses multiple programs. I see the challenges here as an interesting opportunity to look into software functions I have not used much till now...

Anyway, after another 45 minutes - which takes me to a total of 3.25 hours on that map this is the
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It's going in the direction I was having in mind...