SVGGraph is an object-oriented PHP library for creating simple and interactive charts with SVG.

There are multiple chart types supported like (3D) bar, line, (3D) pie and scatter where every chart has its own PHP class in a seperate file. So, you can use only the features you need.

Charts can be customized in many ways including the title, description, paddings, colors, labels and much more.

Every new release has only support for PHP5 but a pretty old, PHP4 compatible version is still offered.

Polymaps is a free JavaScript library for creating dynamic and interactive maps.

Besides the usual cartography from OpenStreetMap, CloudMade, Bing, etc., it works with image-based and vector-tiled maps by providing a quick display of multi-zoom datasets over maps, and supports a variety of visual presentations.

As Polymaps can load data at a full range of scales, it’s a good fit for showing information from country level on down to states, cities, neighborhoods, and individual streets.

And, as it uses SVG to display information, you can use CSS rules to define the design of the data.

The Graphs 2 is a set of 36 unique graph icons with a ready-to-use 169 variations.

It comes in vector formats (.AI and .SVG) that makes it possible to change colors, resize elements, replace objects, make adjustments, make new combinations, etc.

The set includes many chart types like line, bar, pie or area and is a perfect fit for any type of usage (web, print..).

Pictoico is a visual initiative which aims to define a uniform, globally accepted, contemporary yet modern, unique and highly recognizable symbol style.

It is currently sharing 100 beautiful pictograms including actions, commerce, multimedia and more. And, releasing new ones for completing the set to 1000 items is mentioned to be the main plan.

The set comes in 2 vector formats: .SVG and .AI so they can be customized in anyway you prefer.

P.S. They are only free to be used in non-commercial projects.

Microsoft has announced the "Preview Release" of Internet Explorer 9 which seems to be a milestone for the IE family considering it gets closer to the standards.

The IE9 has a new JavaScript engine which performs much better than IE8 & some other browsers.

Another good news is, it supports HTML5, CSS3 & SVG almost completely.

The website includes speed, HTML5 & graphics demos besides the comparisons of the features with other browsers.

This new release requires Windows Vista SP2 or Windows 7 which hopefully changes with the stable release (otherwise, IE may continue to be a barrier on new standards as XP will probably live long).

SVG-edit is an open source & web-based vector graphics editor application that is built with JavaScript.

Every image drawn generates a SVG output which makes integrating SVG-edit into any application & displaying the results easier.

It comes with a lot of features like:

• free-hand drawing
• lines, polyline, rects/squares, ellipses/circle, polygons/curved paths
• stylable text, align
• raster images
• select/move/resize/rotate
• undo/redo
• color/gradient picker
• layers
• draggable dialogs

The application is very handy for anyone who is looking for a customizable solution to enable users draw online where the output can be saved.

Some Random Dude, a blog on design & technology, is presenting a clean & stylish icon set named Iconic.

The set consists of 84 icons that comes in both .SVG & .PNG formats.

The PNG format has various sizes (8×8, 12×12, 16×16, 24×24 & 32×32 pixels) & 14 different colors already included.

JankoAtWarpSpeed is sharing a free kit for easier sketching & wireframing of websites / web applications.

The kit consist of form elements, icons, indicators, feedback messages, tooltips, navigation elements, image placeholders, embedded videos, sliders and common ad banners.

It comes in .AI, .SVG, .PDF & .EPS vector formats and completely free for personal + commercial use.

Highcharts is a JavaScript charting library for creating interactive charts in various types (line, spline, area, areaspline, column, bar, pie & scatter).

The library offers a high-level of usability with features like:

• tooltip labels displaying info on hovered items
• zooming on a specific part of the chart
• text rotation on labels for a better readability

Highcharts has an admirable effort in browser compatibility. For standard browsers it uses the canvas element and in some cases SVG for the graphics rendering. In Internet Explorer, graphics are drawn using VML. Besides all major browsers, it works in iPhone & IE6.

The library is offered for free to be used in personal/non-commercial projects & requires a license for commercial ones.

Liquidicity is presenting these quality & free vector arrow icons.

There are 16 types of arrow icons (+ the rotations which equal to 64 icons).

Considering there are several types of arrows included, the set is very handy to be used in any type of design/application.

They can be downloaded as an Adobe Illustrator CS2 file or in SVG format.