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
Comment from marscot on %დ %თ %წ at %ს:%წ
very fast rendering
Comment from Pink Duck on %დ %თ %წ at %ს:%წ
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.