Comparison of SVG and Canvas in OpenLayers

Tobias Sauerwein recently emailed me about my mapping framework Cartagen, and linked to his fantastic analysis of SVG/Canvas suitability for map rendering. Thanks!

OpenLayers with Canvas

Oh, of course, it bears mentioning this earlier comparison I dug up some months ago, which focuses on SVG/Canvas different sized rendering areas and different #s of objects.

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