OpenStreetMap
Microsoft presented the first beta of internet Explorer 9.
What das it mean for Webmaps?
Direct2D will speed up map rendering:
http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/Performance/10MapZooming/Default.html
(bing map)
opensource map:
http://www.khtml.org/iphonemap/examples/automapzoom.html
(webkit is good on that)
Hardware accelerated SVG will allow to use vectorgraphics as map overlay.
Discussion
Reäksje fan marscot op 17 maart 2010 om 13.33 oere
very fast rendering
Reäksje fan Pink Duck op 18 maart 2010 om 18.28 oere
It is not a beta, but a developer platform preview release - one every 2 months prior to the actual beta builds. It won't work on XP, so no improvement in standards for the current majority user base. If only M$ had started in 2004.